How Fat Was Henry VIII?: And 101 Other Questions and Answers on Royal History - Brossura

Lamont-Brown, Raymond

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9780752453774: How Fat Was Henry VIII?: And 101 Other Questions and Answers on Royal History

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ISBN 10: 0752453777 ISBN 13: 9780752453774

Casa editrice: History Pr Ltd, 2008

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Most of us know that Queen Victoria ruled over a great Empire, that King John signed the Magna Carta, and that Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings. But this book, for inquisitive visitors to the royal palaces and monarchy buffs everywhere, takes us to the heart of the matter, and tells us what we really want to know about life behind the palace walls: Which monarch had the most eccentricities? Which king invented the handkerchief? Which queen pretended to be invisible? Which king was afraid of witches? Did King Canute harness the waves? Why did Charles II hide in an oak tree? Which king pawned his crown? Did monarchs use contraception? Who was Britain’s first royal motorist? Did Mary Queen of Scots murder her husband?

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Filled with quirky details about 'Mad' King George and facts about life behind the Palace walls. Queen Victoria, for example wasn't the stern prude that we all think, and was certainly not a women's-libber. She wrote to her married daughter Victoria, 'Women are for a man's pleasure and amusement.' And did you know that no-one is sure who wrote the National Anthem? The controversial sixth verse with the line, 'and like a torrent rush, rebellious Scots to crush' was added some time after the original anthem was composed by a mystery writer - but still remains official, though rarely sung. Even more annoying for Scots, the book reveals that the song, The Skye Boat Song, about Bonnie Prince Charlie with the famous line, 'speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing' was written by an Englishman! --Ron McManus, The Weekly News, November 2009

It's a Right Royal Rumble. We're all aware that King John signed the Magna Carta and that Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings. But what we really want to know about our monarchs is stuff like which one sired the most bastard children. In 'How Fat Was Henry VIII?' Raymond Lamont-Brown unearths this and other important royal facts. --Reader's Digest, November 2009

L'autore:

Raymond Lamont-Brown is the author of Carnegie, Edward VII’s Last Loves, John Brown, and Kempeitai: Japan’s Dreaded Military Police.

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