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"""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. AUTHOR: Malcolm Day is a writer and editor, specialising in books about religions, mythology and English social history. He is the author of Ghosts, published by Rydon Publishing, and was an editor on the Reader's Digest team that produced the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Britain. He has three children and lives near Dartmoor in Devon. 60 b/w illustrations"

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Author:   Malcolm Day
Publisher:   Rydon Publishing
Imprint:   Rydon Publishing
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 17.80cm
ISBN:  

9781910821213

ISBN 10:   1910821217
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   05 October 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Refugee from Ancient Israel? 12 2 Bladud 13 3 Tragic Loss Regained 14 4 Who Made Britain's First Laws? 15 5 Lud, Lover of London 16 6 Celtic Charioteers Shock Caesar 17 7 You've Never Had It So Good 19 8 A Charmed Life 20 9 Holy War 21 10 Did Constantine the Great have a British Grandfather? 23 11 Great Mounted Archer 24 12 The Mystery of Sutton Hoo 25 13 First Christian English King 28 14 Dyke Twice the Length of Hadrian's Wall 30 15 First Saxon King of England 32 16 The Mystique of Scone 33 17 The King who Forgave his Enemies 34 18 Youngest Ever Royal Philanderer 36 19 Coronation Ceremony is Model for Europe 37 20 Dorset's Great Royal Pilgrimage 38 21 Was Ethelred Really 'Unready'? 39 22 Ironside on the Case 42 23 Canute Demonstrates Limits to Earthly Power 43 24 Sainty Healer of the King's Evil 45 25 Portents of Disaster 47 26 Changed Forever 49 27 Live by the Arrow and Ye Shall Die by the Arrow 52 28 The King Never Smiled Again 54 29 Twelve Year Old Weds Holy Roman Emperor 55 30 Anarchy under Stephen 57 31 Penitent Ruler of Europe's Largest Empire 58 32 Ransom for a King 61 33 Church Bells Fall Silent 63 34 Too Nice For His Own Good 65 35 Zealous Reformer Persecutes Minorities 67 36 Old Enemy Vanquished in a Day 69 37 Pansy Meets Grisly End 71 38 Order of the Garter is Toast of the Town 73 39 Child King Survives a Nest of Vipers 74 40 Murky Rise of House of Lancaster 76 41 French Crown Slips from Henry V's Grasp 78 42 Architect of Eton Not Interested in Ruling 80 43 Yorkist Star Rises 81 44 Wicked Uncle or Cornered Rat? 83 45 Patron of Expansion 86 46 Canny Scot Eyes Opportunity 87 47 Visionary Supremo 89 48 King with Socialist Agenda 91 49 Lady Jane Grey Faints on Hearing News 93 50 Phantom Pregnancy Changes All 95 51 Two Cousins Who Never Met 96 52 Faerie Queen from Broken Home 98 53 Eager Scot Opens Can of Worms 100 54 So Good a Man, So Bad a King 102 55 Time of Gay Abandon Comes to Woeful End 104 56 Fleeing into Exile Disguised as a Girl 106 57 Unlikely Double Act 108 58 Anne Bears More Children Than Any Other English Queen 110 59 German Prince Beats Rivals to the Throne 111 60 Uneful Conformist 113 61 Struggle for Power 115 62 The Prince Who Lost His Charm 117 63 Surprised to be King 120 64 Propping Up The Queen 121 65 Pleasure Seeker 124 66 Hanover Dropped 125 67 Eligible Bachelor Becomes Figure of Mistrust 127 68 Fearless in War, Fearful in Life 129 69 Fashion Icon to Fading Star 131

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Malcolm Day is a writer and editor, specialising in books about religions, mythology and English social history. He is the author of Ghosts, published by Rydon Publishing, and was an editor on the Reader's Digest team that produced the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Britain. He has three children and lives near Dartmoor in Devon.

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