The History of Mankind in Its Entirety by Fin Taylor

The History of Mankind in Its Entirety (Abridged): An Unsupervised PhD by Fin Taylor — from the host of the Fin Vs History podcast. The book for people who like history but don’t care what actually happened.

In this expansive yet abridged volume, academic pariah and pseudo-historian Fin Taylor rewrites the human story from the Big Bang to the Second Plane — minus all the stuff we can skip in between.

Interest in history is booming. Taylor’s fellow “historians,” he claims, have forgotten why. What is the past if not entertainment for middle-aged men looking to escape the drudgery of their own domesticity? From Henry VIII to Hitler via Cromwell, Caligula, and the Anglo-Zulu War, this unsupervised thesis keeps only the exciting bits: naval battles, dictators, war crimes, and vibe.

Is the Battle of Hastings just inspiration for the Francosphere’s largest tea towel? Was the Renaissance Italians learning how to draw? Should Rorke’s Drift replace 1066?

Ground-breaking. Entirely unsupervised. Very funny — if you know it’s a joke.

A radical reappraisal of human history that will change the way you look at the past. Or at least at the pub.