Author(s): Richard Smyth

European

* Did you know that Mary Queen of Scots was a mighty 5ft 11in tall? (Her cousin Elizabeth I, by contrast, was a miniscule 5ft 4in.) * Even with the heaviest bows, an English archer could fire six arrows a minute - or up to 54,000 arrows a minute at Agincourt * Charles I was once dug up by George III's doctor; the medical man kept a piece of Charles's spine and beard as a souvenir. This book contains hundreds of 'strange but true' facts and anecdotes about English history. Arranged into a miniature history of England, and with bizarre and hilarious true tales for every era, it will interest, surprise and delight readers everywhere.