The World According to Cunk by Philomena Cunk - ISBN: 9781399819398
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History like you’ve never seen it, Cunk’s way. Prepare to question.

The World According to Cunk

An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever, Space Permitting

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    10 February 2026

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Summary

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399819398
ISBN-10:1399819399
Author:Philomena Cunk, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, Ben Caudell
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:10 February 2026
Weight:185g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 22mm
About The Author

Philomena Cunk

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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