Reprehensible
Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour
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Narrated by:
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Mikey Robins
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Mikey Robins
About this listen
Rollicking and informative, Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour is your guide through some of the most shameful behaviour indulged in by humanity’s most celebrated figures, as told by Mikey Robins, one of Australia’s most loved comedians.
It is often said that we live in an era of constant outrage, but we are definitely not the inventors of outrageousness. Let’s be honest, human beings have always been appalling. Not everyone and not all the time, but our history is littered with those whose work and deeds have rendered them...reprehensible.
Sometimes it’s our most esteemed luminaries who behave the worst.
What are we to make of Catherine the Great’s extensive collection of pornographic furniture, Hans Christian Andersen’s too-much-information diary and Karl Marx’s epic pub crawls? Or hall-of-fame huckster William McCloundy, who in 1901 actually ‘sold’ the Brooklyn Bridge to an unsuspecting tourist, and the pharaoh who covered his slaves in honey to keep flies off his meal? Did you know about the royal ticklers of the House of Romanov, and the bizarre coronation rituals of early Irish kings? (Let’s just say that eating a white horse wasn’t the weirdest part of the ceremony.)
So sit back and rest your conscience: there will be a host of scoundrels, bounders and reprobates, tales of lust and power aplenty, as we indulge in that sweet spot where history meets outrage, with just a bit of old-school TMZ thrown in for good measure.
Praise for Reprehensible:
"Finally, Mikey Robins has put his vulgar mind to good use, telling history’s lesser known grubby yarns. I love it!" (Tom Gleeson)
©2020 Mikey Robins (P)2020 Simon & Schuster AustraliaWhat listeners say about Reprehensible
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- The Slack Jawed Troglodyte
- 15-01-2023
a wordy and boring litany of rubbish
Mikey, you didn't pick a decent book to read out you can do better than this.
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- Louise
- 15-06-2021
The lighter side of history
You won’t have read some of these in history class! This is a good mix of short reflections on funny historical characters and events. It’s terrific as an audiobook as you can listen to as much or as little as you like at a time.
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- John Ryan
- 13-08-2021
Not Great.
Some interesting information, presented in an amusing fashion. Stopped it at various times never planning to continue, but when looking for something not particularly engaging to listen to while working I'd resume it. Mikey Robins generally irritates me, so completing this audiobook shows that it wasn't all that bad.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-2021
Vintage Robins on vintage skullduggery
Fascinating historical stories, written and read highly entertainingly by one of Australia's most beloved comedians. If learning was always this much fun we would all be very well edumacated indeed. Thank you Mikey, great job!!!
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