Kings & Queens: The Real Lives of the English Monarchs

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This book covers the various stages of Victoria's life and reign as well as additional details about everyday life during the Victorian reign. But this is a rogues’ gallery of people who other then through winning the lottery of birth would never have been remembered for anything of consequence.

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The perfect addition to any family bookshelf, for help with school projects or for any young history enthusiast. The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England provides brief biographical sketches of nine centuries worth of English monarchs. For every king and queen there is a detailed timeline, and the narrative is further amplified by display quotations, feature boxes, panels of key biographical facts, and - last but not least - by 135 lavish full-colour images. But this book is just about the people who worn the British crown from William I to Queen Elizabeth II. Condensing the lives of more than nine centuries' worth of monarchs into one single volume of under 400 pages is no small task.

There were gradual advances toward the establishment and reliance on parliament and a prime minister. Meet every king and queen in the history of Britain in this lively comic-strip guide from award-winning author–illustrator Marcia Williams. Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling.

Now our king, his devoted work will continue to inspire the protection of our planet for future generations.

T he Queen's Knickers by the same author has been a bestselling family favourite for 30 years, and won The Sheffield Children’s Book Award and The Coventry Inspirational Award.It doesn't content itself with being a book of short biographies, but it never quite manages to be anything else. This is a fantastic guide to the Kings and Queens of England and is full of interesting information on all the monarchs including key names, dates, people and places during each of their lives. Fortunately for the water-loving monarch, it's Prince Albert to the rescue with an invention fit for a queen! Readers looking for reference material on the island's Anglo-Saxon days do be aware that they will need to look elsewhere. Before she became Queen Elizabeth I, Bess was just a little girl who struggled to get out of bed in the morning - just like everyone else!

I told my wife I could recite the names of all of the Kings and Queens of England from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II and she said "yes, but please don't!Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.