{"product_id":"9781907084225","title":"Tall Tales of England's Queens and Kings","description":"Not so much ‘horrible’ as funny and even beguiling, the potted histories\u003cp\u003ethat make up Peter Lemesurier’s Tall Tales of England’s Queens and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKings are immensely readable, and illustrated with copious cartoons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrresistible to children of all ages, they recount the lives and dubious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeeds of 21 monarchs from Queen Boudicca (better known as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoadicea) to Queen Victoria, taking in such characters as King Canute,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam the Conqueror, Henry VIII and George III along the way. By\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eturns provocative, informative, teasing, shocking and even (at times)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emildly scatological, the book concludes with a ‘Truthfinder’ section to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecorrect its various ‘deliberate mistakes’, which young readers are challenged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto try and spot for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porteous, David Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047195099376,"sku":"9781907084225","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781907084225_p0.jpg?v=1763618436","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781907084225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}