British history as we know it is a cluttered patchwork of questionable stories which have been re-written, re-evaluated and ridiculed, and yet there is still an unquestioned narrative thread which runs through the nation's historical record, accepted as fact. But final editorial control has always belonged to the winners. And nobody likes winners.
"The True History of the Blackadder" is the very first in-depth examination of the creation of a British institution like no other -- arguably the greatest sitcom of all time -- not to mention the first historical investigation into the lives...