I’m well aware that I willingly picked up a book written by a comedian and then read it, and now here I am complaining about the humour within it. It just wasn’t funny. A shame because I love Peep Show but this book felt like it was written by Mark Corrigan and not in a good way.

The constant “hurr hurr wasn’t this old king such a fuckwit!” “Aren’t these old kings so silly and absurd!” Oh my god shut up! It’s pure British middle class sneering at anything above or below them.

The insistent self awareness that Mitchell isn’t a historian and he is in fact applying modern politics and morality onto history means I can’t even take satisfaction in turning my nose up at it because Mitchell has preempted through self depreciation.

I was hoping for a light and fun read but this was irritating.

DO NOT RECOMMEND.