10/07/2013
Green delivers a brief guide to the personalities that have made up centuries of English monarchy, charting the paths of rulers from Alfred of Wessex in the late ninth century to the modern-day Windsors, who currently occupy the various thrones of England. Narrator Benjamin Soames provides a quick pace to what would otherwise be a dry laundry list of long-dead kings and queens. In fact, Soames’s narration enhances the text significantly and makes it downright interesting. A large part of Soames’s success is due to the fact that he is able to clearly convey the tension and conflict that tend to mark royal ascensions. Ages 9–up. A Dover paperback. (Feb.)
Kings and Queens of England
Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat she needed a hoist to get on the throne? Which prince shut his wife out of Westminster Abbey to prevent her from being crowned? Who was the blood-thirstiest monarch of them all? Kings and Queens of England is a no-holds-barred account of the British monarchy with the gossip and gore left in, and nothing left out! It leaves no stone unturned in its mission to portray kings and queens as they really were, warts and all.
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Kings and Queens of England
Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat she needed a hoist to get on the throne? Which prince shut his wife out of Westminster Abbey to prevent her from being crowned? Who was the blood-thirstiest monarch of them all? Kings and Queens of England is a no-holds-barred account of the British monarchy with the gossip and gore left in, and nothing left out! It leaves no stone unturned in its mission to portray kings and queens as they really were, warts and all.
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BN ID: | 2940175000611 |
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Publisher: | Naxos Audiobooks |
Publication date: | 02/01/2013 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |
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