A ridiculously funny history of Britain for adults from the multimillion copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories perfect for fans of Unruly by David Mitchell Ram packed with mind blowing facts hilarious characters and little known tales Dan Schreiber If you could take just one history book to a desert island this would be it Laugh out loud funny Pure joy Conn IgguldenAh Britain So special The greatest nation on earth some say And we did it all on our own Didn t we As it happens Britannia got its name from the Romans and for the past two centuries we have been ruled by Germans As Horrible Histories author Terry Deary argues nations and their leaders are defined by the enemies they make Elizabeth I would count as a minor royal without the Spanish Armada Without the Nazis Churchill would be remembered as an opposition windbag The surprisingly sadistic Boudica would be forgotten if it weren t for the Roman Ninth LegionAnd after all every nation sometimes needs a bit of unifying Blitz spirit although in an ideal world we wouldn t have accidentally let Corporal Hitler go in the first place The British have a proud history of choosing their enemies from the Romans to the Germans You might even say those enemies made Britain what it