The Pocket Guide to Royal Scandals
Author | : Andy K. Hughes |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781844683802 |
ISBN-13 | : 184468380X |
Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A must-buy book for everyone interested in history and skeletons in the regal cupboards. Discover fascinating facts about lust, greed, murder, envy and just plain stupidity. Read King Henry VIIIs scurrilous letters to Anne Boleyn (thought he was interested in her mind? Think again). Whilst King Charles II was known as the Merry Monarch and Queen Elizabeth Is nickname, the Virgin Queen was rumored to be a misnomer, there was a darker side to the royal family, including murder and regicide was Queen Victorias son really Jack the Ripper or did her surgeon do it? History will come alive with this fact-filled book.