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Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066 (Hardback)
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Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066 (Hardback)

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Hardback 256 Pages / Published: 20/08/2015
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`Totally gripping - a factually accurate version of 1066 And All That'- Boris Johnson Gimson's Kings and Queens whirls us through the lives of our monarchs --- from 1066 and William the Conqueror right up to Queen Elizabeth II and the present-day - to tell a tale of bastardy, courage, conquest, brutality, vanity, vulgarity, corruption, anarchy, absenteeism, piety, nobility, divorce, execution, civil war, madness, magnificence, profligacy, frugality, philately, abdication, dutifulness, family breakdown and family recovery. Written in Andrew Gimson's inimitable style, and illustrated by Martin Rowson, Gimson's Kings and Queens is both a primer and a refresher for anyone who can't quite remember which were the good and bad Edwards or Henrys, or why so-and-so succeeded to the throne rather than his second cousin. Gimson's Kings and Queens is the most entertaining and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read. Gimson's Prime Ministers will be released in March 2018.

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780224101196
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 383 g
Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 26 mm

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"This is the stuff of history lessons long ago, and long forgotten by most of us. Essentially Horrible Histories for grown-ups, splendidly enhanced by Martin Rowson's typically scabrous portraits" -- Marcus Berkmann * Spectator *
"What is most valuable is the way this turns out to be the neatest and most revealing way to tell the story of this country. The chapter on Henry VIII, for example, is a masterpiece of vivid narrative, which somehow manages to dramatise, in ten pages, so many factors about why we are who we are" -- Charles Moore, author of Margaret Thatcher * Telegraph *
"Gimson's Kings and Queens is unfailingly entertaining and frequently moving. In addition, the monarchs are wonderfully caricatured in all their sneers and jowls by political cartoonist Martin Rowson" -- Suzi Feay * London Magazine *
"The most entertaining and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read" * Daily Telegraph *
"[An] entertaining romp through England's monarchs... an amusing, quirky reminder of what older generations were taught at school. Gimson's Kings and Queens is the natural successor to Sellar and Yeatman's 1930 classic, 1066 and All That" -- Tim Bouverie * Sunday Telegraph *

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“As entertaining as '1066 And All That' - but historically accurate!”

This excellent little book has been on my wish list ever since reading the professional reviews when it was first published, so I was delighted to receive it as a birthday present. It perfectly fits the author’s idea... More

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