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The World According to Cunk
An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting
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Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Evolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more is covered in this definitive, illustrated, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the twenty-first century's leading historian, philosopher, and thought-thinker, Philomena...
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The World According to Cunk
A comic parody history of the world, from the star of BBC and Netflix's Cunk on Earth.
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Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Evolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War!
All of this (except trumpets) and more is covered in this definitive, illustrated, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the twenty-first century's leading historian, philosopher, and thought-thinker, Philomena Cunk.
Focusing on the inventions, art, and brainboxes that made the modern world the unbearable place it is today, The World According to Cunk is the history book to end all history books. From the birth of the first baby caveman to the invention of the poo emoji, it has it all.
Some say history is written by the Victors. But they're wrong – it's written by the Philomenas. Well, a Philomena. The one on the cover. Yes, her, from TikTok.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399819398
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Contributors:
- With Ben Caudell
- With Joel Morris
- With Jason Hazeley
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 185g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Philomena Cunk is a journalist, historian and hot-taker who has presented TV shows on everything from time and feminism to Shakespeare and Britain, and really should get round to doing a podcast while they're still a thing. She asks the big questions other journalists are, for some reason, afraid to, like "How important are the words in Shakespeare's plays?", 'Why do we cry when it's the onions getting hurt?' and "What is clocks?"
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