Kings & Queens Of Great Britain: A Very Peculiar History by Antony Mason

Kings & Queens Of Great Britain: A Very Peculiar History by Antony MasonExplore some of the most marvellously bizarre monarchs to have ruled Britain! Which king's guards massacred a group of his supporters by mistake? Who had an oversized tongue and had to slobber when they ate food? Who was so large when they died that they had to be buried in a square coffin? And who survived seven assassination attempts? It wasn't all thrones and sceptres for British kings and queens. Some monarchs were an icon to the people, while

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Utterly beautiful

with remarkably vivid protagonists' Harald Jähner'Ohler weaves a masterful tapestry of history in this revealing and fresh account' David de Jong'Brilliantly sifting a massive history for its ideological through lines

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