The tribe that confuses its totems and symbols with reality has succumbed to fetishism and may be in more trouble than it realizes.
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The tribe that confuses its totems and symbols with reality has succumbed to fetishism and may be in more trouble than it realizes.
Illusions, of course, cannot be abolished. But they can and must be outgrown.
pickI enjoyed this and laughed a lot. Be aware that it is not a history of England's monarchs but is instead a British comedian's commentary on them, with little sidetracks into other topics that he is reminded of throughout.
"Edward II wasn't crowned until 7.5 months after his father's death. He had spent the intervening time going to France to sort out the details of his marriage to Philip IV's daughter Isabella--the dowry, the accompanying treaty, is it OK that the bride's 12 and the groom seems gay, that sort of thing-- and demonstrating what a terrible king he was going to be." ???
so-soAt first, I thought the title implied the unruliness of royalty from Alfred to Elizabeth I. Oh, no. It is David Mitchell's irreverent, and sometimes, irrelevant, and a lot of times, blasphemous humor. It was like Finding Waldo. Where are the facts in the midst of a three page rant of why Hollywood killed James Bond? I know he wrote it during the covid lockdown. He must have been so bored. I still like him as a comedian. #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader
I mostly read nonfiction in April, so this was a hard choice.
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1. Yes, 2,894 currently, but I have a book on order, so . . .
2. Highly recommend the tagged book! If you want to play, consider yourself tagged. #two4Tuesday
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pickHilarious without being trivial; factual without being stuffy. If you like Mitchell, or history, or things English, you should read this book. If you don‘t like those things, you should read this book and maybe you would. Favorite quote below.
pickLovely and meandering in the best possible way. Seriously, I‘m not sure how Queen Elizabeth‘s handbags haven‘t gotten some kind of honour for their decades of silent and faithful service. I got oddly emotional at points, especially later in the book (maybe because I personally remember the emotion of those moments). I‘m glad it ended shortly after William and Kate‘s wedding, because I bawled at the end of The Crown and could not handle that again.
