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I Love Kings and Queens

400 Fantastic Facts

Richard Smyth author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Batsford

Published:20th Jan '16

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I Love Kings and Queens cover

  • After the Battle of Hastings, King Harold’s tattoos were used to identify his body.
  • Elizabeth of York was the model for the Queen in the first deck of cards.
  • Queen Victoria appears on the 1851 Census. She lists her occupation as ‘the Queen’.
  • Henry VIII used a wheelchair and wore glasses.

This fun little book, with 400 fantastic facts about British royal history and more than 100 illustrations, will delight fans of British history everywhere!

ISBN: 9781841656953

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

160 pages