Mad Kings & Queens
Mad Kings & Queens

Author: Alison Rattle

Publisher: Union Square + ORM

Published: 2011-09-13

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1435138864

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A frank and fascinating history of forty of Europe’s most loony, deluded, and downright dangerous monarchs. In Mad Kings & Queens co-authors Alison Rattle and Allison Vale reveal a legion of kings and queens who have abused the pedestal of power in spectacular style. The respectability of the royal position is well and truly tossed aside by the whimsy and wanton depravity of these mad European monarchs, including: The queen who murdered her husband with a red-hot spit. The bloodthirsty monarch who impaled tens of thousands of his subjects. The vampiric ruler who bathed in the blood of young women. The king of excess who beheaded his wives. Mad Kings and Queens explores seven hundred years of royal eccentricity, detailing a catalogue of madness and exploring the finer intricacies of royal breeding that lay at its root.

Mad, Bad and Dangerous
Mad, Bad and Dangerous

Author: Phil Roxbee Cox

Publisher: Heinemann

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780435214944

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Part of the "High Impact" series for reluctant readers, this text is designed to motivate secondary school students with a reading age of eight to nine. Discover the cruel and crazy stories of: Vlad Dracula; Henry VIII; and Jack the Ripper.

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens

Author: Tanya Boteju

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1534430652

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“Poignant and important.” —Refinery29 “A bright and sparkly celebration of love and self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews Judy Blume meets RuPaul’s Drag Race in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag. Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying to move past her mother’s unexpected departure. After a bewildering encounter at a local festival, Nima finds herself suddenly immersed in the drag scene on the other side of town. Macho drag kings, magical queens, new love interests, and surprising allies propel Nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be—one that can confidently express and accept love. But she’ll have to learn to accept lost love to get there. From debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we’re brave enough to look.

Dark History of the Kings & Queens of England
Dark History of the Kings & Queens of England

Author: Brenda Ralph Lewis

Publisher: Amber Books Ltd

Published: 2012-10-31

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1908696362

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A highly-illustrated, entertaining account of English royal history from 1066 to the present that explores the scandals behind each royal dynasty, from the ‘accidental’ murder of William II to American divorcée Meghan Markle, highlighting the individuals honoured with the crown of England—and those unfortunate enough to cross their paths.

The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of England
The Untold History of the Kings and Queens of England

Author: Brenda Ralph Lewis

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1502619075

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Despite its reputation as the longest established in Europe, the history of the English monarchy is punctuated by scandal, murders, betrayals, plots, and treason. Since William the Conqueror seized the crown in 1066, England has seen three civil wars; six monarchs have been murdered or executed; the throne of England has been usurped four times, and won in battle three times; and personal scandals and royal family quarrels abound.

Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commoners
Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commoners

Author: Philip Ardagh

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2011-10-07

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1447212010

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Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commons is hilarious collection of fantastic trivia and amazing facts about royalty and rulers of all kinds throughout history, all from the very witty pen of Philip Ardagh. PARP!" Pssst! Do you know the story about Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) and the, er, farting courtier? One day, when bowing low to Her Majesty, the Earl of Oxford couldn't help but break wind. The poor man felt SO embarrassed that he left the court - and some say the country - for SEVEN years. Upon his return, after such a long absence, the first thing Good Queen bess said on seeing him was, "Lord, I had forgot the fart!

Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens

Author: Tanya Boteju

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Published: 2021-02-23

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1534430660

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“Poignant and important.” —Refinery29 “A bright and sparkly celebration of love and self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews Judy Blume meets RuPaul’s Drag Race in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag. Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying to move past her mother’s unexpected departure. After a bewildering encounter at a local festival, Nima finds herself suddenly immersed in the drag scene on the other side of town. Macho drag kings, magical queens, new love interests, and surprising allies propel Nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be—one that can confidently express and accept love. But she’ll have to learn to accept lost love to get there. From debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we’re brave enough to look.

Madness of Kings
Madness of Kings

Author: Vivian Green

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2016-10-21

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0750981652

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From Caligula to Stalin and beyond, this book offers a unique and pioneering look at the recurring phenomenon of the 'mad king' from the early centuries of the Christian era to modern times.

Horrible Histories Special: Cruel Kings and Mean Queens
Horrible Histories Special: Cruel Kings and Mean Queens

Author: Terry Deary

Publisher: Scholastic UK

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1407137158

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The history book which shows you monarchs as they really were - mad, menacing and murderous! Find out which king died after falling off the toilet, why people thought King John was a werewolf, and why Queen Anne's feet were covered in garlic. Packed with treacherous treason, evil executions and savage struggles for the throne, this is royal history with the nasty bits left in!

Marie Duval
Marie Duval

Author: Simon Grennan

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1526133563

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Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist offers the first critical appraisal of the work of Marie Duval (Isabelle Émilie de Tessier, 1847–1890), one of the most unusual, pioneering and visionary cartoonists of the later nineteenth century. It discusses key themes and practices of Duval’s vision and production, relative to the wider historic social, cultural and economic environments in which her work was made, distributed and read, identifing Duval as an exemplary radical practitioner. The book interrogates the relationships between the practices and the forms of print, story-telling, drawing and stage performance. It focuses on the creation of new types of cultural work by women and highlights the style of Duval’s drawings relative to both the visual conventions of theatre production and the significance of the visualisation of amateurism and vulgarity. Marie Duval: maverick Victorian cartoonist establishes Duval as a unique but exemplary figure in a transformational period of the nineteenth century.