Kings and Queens (Amazing Extraordinary Facts)
Author(s): Malcolm Day
"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts about Kings and Queens" unearths a wealth of fascinating truths about British monarchs from pre-Roman times to the present day. Discover revealing stories about the lives and personalities of each monarch and how they have shaped history. Tales of wickedness, greed, adultery and madness make this guide to Britain's kings and queens utterly compelling. "The Amazing and Extraordinary Facts series" presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects make them the perfect books to dip in to.
Product Information
Malcolm Day is an ex-editor at Reader's Digest General Books in London. He now edits a magazine about history and tradition in the West Country, and lives in Somerset.
Contents to include:; Looters at the Coronation; William the Conqueror and Chaos at Westminster Abbey; George IV and his Wife; marital strife for the Regent; The Royal Appendectomy; Edward VII's groundbreaking surgery; Henry's Point of Law; Henry II's dispute with Thomas a Becket; The Gay King in Exile; Did Edward II live out his days as an Italian hermit? and many more...
General Fields
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- : David & Charles
- : David & Charles
- : 01 March 2011
- : 172mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 October 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Malcolm Day
- : Hardback
- : 941.0099
- : 144
- : 100 b+w illustrations