David Mitchell ROASTS History's Most Overrated Monarchs
Added 2025-09-10 07:00:11 +0000 UTCComments
The Unruly audiobook is fantastic! You can get it on Spotify included in a premium membership I think. David narrates it himself and breaks the history down into manageable but humourous ways. It's hard to pick a favourite monarch, because I would say Henry I for the stability he brought the country, but at the same time, he gained the throne after 2 of his brothers suspiciously died. Once power moved to the government, a monarch impact on the country was reduced. So as much as I admired the late Queen, her impact on the country's progress was limited. History nerd, over and out!
Emily
2025-09-11 11:06:10 +0000 UTCWolf Hall was fantastic 👏
Emily
2025-09-11 10:56:56 +0000 UTCThe show the Tudors does give an outline of the life of Henry VIII it’s very full of sex scenes and Henry stays young and handsome for the whole thing which is so inaccurate as he became a right mess 😝. The violence and torture evens are a lot but probably pretty realistic 😩Wolf Hall is better in my opinion but slower paced . Peep show is the nuts I love it
Erica
2025-09-11 09:02:46 +0000 UTCOoohh love that
Killermcknight
2025-09-10 19:16:03 +0000 UTCits ok im very dyslexic,i miss half of what is going on here
Nothinghalo
2025-09-10 15:18:20 +0000 UTCYou should watch upstart crow, comedy about William Shakespeare, David Mitchell is William. It's a good watch.
Nothinghalo
2025-09-10 14:48:32 +0000 UTCReligion has written a lot of history in the way they see fit.
Custard
2025-09-10 14:09:52 +0000 UTCFavourites in terms of the nobility as before Henry VII everything was decentralised and the money and power was held amongst the nobility because of the feudal system - if you want to raise an army you have to get the nobles to raise them from their lands and so on. The reason the Tudors started centralising stuff more was to stop another Wars of the Roses But it still applied after, Blackadder is always trying to be Elizabeth’s favourite
Kieran B
2025-09-10 08:09:17 +0000 UTC“Made old bones” lived to an old age
Kieran B
2025-09-10 07:58:20 +0000 UTCEvan Edinger has done some great videos comparing US and UK education, as he’s experienced both - and he always has at least one guest on to add more detail
Kieran B
2025-09-10 07:48:04 +0000 UTCDefinitely recommend the audiobook of David’s book as he reads it
Kieran B
2025-09-10 07:45:46 +0000 UTCThe Tudors is not historically correct. You’ve watched Blackadder 2 at least which is of course the Tudor period, probably about as accurate. I don’t think Liz 1 was that batshit in reality 😄
Kieran B
2025-09-10 07:45:14 +0000 UTCAthelstan was son of Edward the Elder - who was the son of Alfred the Great (so Alfred’s grandson)
Kieran B
2025-09-10 07:43:09 +0000 UTCYou have to be a little cautious when the words BBC and History are in the same sentence.
Tim Covill
2025-09-10 07:06:27 +0000 UTC
