{"product_id":"9781473521667","title":"Gimson's Kings and Queens: Brief Lives of the Forty Monarchs since 1066","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eTotally gripping \u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cb\u003e a factually accurate version of \u003ci\u003e1066 And All That\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e’– Boris Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson’s Kings and Queens\u003c\/i\u003e whirls us through the lives of our monarchs\u003c\/b\u003e ­­– 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Andrew Gimson’s inimitable style, and illustrated by Martin Rowson, \u003ci\u003eGimson’s Kings and Queens\u003c\/i\u003e is both a primer and a refresher \u003cb\u003efor anyone who can't quite remember which were the good and bad Edwards or Henrys\u003c\/b\u003e, or why so-and-so succeeded to the throne rather than his second cousin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson’s Kings and Queens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the most entertaining and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson's Prime Ministers \u003c\/i\u003ewill be released in March 2018. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166783553776,"sku":"9781473521667","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473521667_p0.jpg?v=1763602145","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473521667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}