Tall Tales of England's Queens and Kings

that make up Peter Lemesurier’s Tall Tales of England’s Queens and

Kings are immensely readable, and illustrated with copious cartoons.

Irresistible to children of all ages, they recount the lives and dubious

deeds of 21 monarchs from Queen Boudicca (better known as

Boadicea) to Queen Victoria, taking in such characters as King Canute,

William the Conqueror, Henry VIII and George III along the way. By

turns provocative, informative, teasing, shocking and even (at times)

mildly scatological, the book concludes with a ‘Truthfinder’ section to

correct its various ‘deliberate mistakes’, which young readers are challenged

to try and spot for themselves.