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Stuff and Nonsense: Kings and Queens
Ian Baillie's Stuff and Nonsense is an irreverent look at English kings and queens in comic verse. If you want to know who came where and when in our list of Royals this is a fun way to do it. Did you know that James II's brain is preserved in a bronze urn in Paris? Who was Hugh Despenser and what was his sorry and brutal end?
It took a long time for Royals to settle their differences without resorting to the sword or the executioner's axe. And a lot of strife was down to religion. Presented in a modern style, the book comes supplied with references and notes which help the reader solidify each historical figure with fact and anecdote.
For children, adults and students of history alike, Stuff and Nonsense is a light-hearted way to learn what stirred in the often dark heart of the realm.
It took a long time for Royals to settle their differences without resorting to the sword or the executioner's axe. And a lot of strife was down to religion. Presented in a modern style, the book comes supplied with references and notes which help the reader solidify each historical figure with fact and anecdote.
For children, adults and students of history alike, Stuff and Nonsense is a light-hearted way to learn what stirred in the often dark heart of the realm.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 30, 2015
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February 7, 2016
Recently I heard about the book Stuff & Nonsense by Ian Baillie. I learned something of it and immediately ordered a copy.
It kept me fully occupied every evening enjoying not only the clever verse but also reminders of some history I had forgotten. My wife’s curiosity was aroused not infrequently on hearing my chuckles and laughter. It is ‘a history’ of the Kings and Queens of England from a different perspective and could nay should be necessary reading for those at school. The supporting notes are most helpful and enable the reader to differentiate fact from anecdote. The book’s light-hearted approach to history makes it ‘easy’ reading and easy to absorb facts. I hope Ian Baillie commits more such things to printed verse.
John K Corner (author),
Melbourne,
Australia.
It kept me fully occupied every evening enjoying not only the clever verse but also reminders of some history I had forgotten. My wife’s curiosity was aroused not infrequently on hearing my chuckles and laughter. It is ‘a history’ of the Kings and Queens of England from a different perspective and could nay should be necessary reading for those at school. The supporting notes are most helpful and enable the reader to differentiate fact from anecdote. The book’s light-hearted approach to history makes it ‘easy’ reading and easy to absorb facts. I hope Ian Baillie commits more such things to printed verse.
John K Corner (author),
Melbourne,
Australia.
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