Honourable Misfits: A Brief History of Britain's Weirdest, Unluckiest and Most Outrageous MPs
By: Marie Le Conte
3.79
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
Politicians are weird - we can all agree on that. But do you know how much weirder they used to be?…
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4.22
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3.85
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4. Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
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3.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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5. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
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6. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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4.16
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"The defeat of the Armada in 1588 was Elizabeth's high point. Things went downhill after that. Militarily the triumph against Spain was rather undermined the following year when Elizabeth sent her own…"-David Mitchell, Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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3.99
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4.33
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4.10
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10. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
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4.45
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4.05
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12. The Trading Game: A Confession
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4.26
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4.09
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4.03
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18. Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
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4.11
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19. The Life of an MP: Everything You Really Need to Know about Politics
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4.15
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20. Honourable Misfits: A Brief History of Britain's Weirdest, Unluckiest and Most Outrageous MPs
By: Marie Le Conte
3.79
Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister
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4.36
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