Status Updates from All Editions of Kings and Queens (Collins Gem)

David Proctor is 21% done

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Ellie McGowan is on page 81 of 256

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David Proctor is 15% done

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David Proctor is starting

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Jackie is on page 211 of 256

"We are not amused."

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Jackie is on page 171 of 256

Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr

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Jackie is on page 153 of 256

Allegedly, the longbow is a Welsh invention. Is that so?

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Jackie is on page 133 of 256

Thomas Becket becomes St Thomas, whose shrine is the pilgrims' destination in the Canterbury Tales. Cool!

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Jackie is on page 110 of 256

Harthacanute, King from 1035 to 1042, "died of 'a horrible convulsion' while attending a wedding". Couldn't be more real life Game of Thrones ^^

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Jackie is on page 61 of 256

The title "Prince of Wales" exists since 1282!

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Macbeth (1040-1057), apparantly unfairly treated by Shakespeare.

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Jackie is on page 23 of 256

Some more criticism (really sorry about that...), but why are not all the pictures labeled? I mean, who recognizes an aureus (gold coin) struck under the reign of Hadrian, apart from nerds like me (and this, obviously, is a book for everyone, not just nerds)? What does a picture help, without the reader knowing what it depicts?

— Mar 24, 2016 03:05PM Add a comment

Jackie is on page 19 of 256

Oh dear. Maybe, I should just skip the Roman part the next time I read sth similar... No, the Roman Empire wasn't separated by Constantine (but Diocletian). And why did they add, for Claudius and Vespasian (p. 16), the dates they lived (contrary to the dates they ruled, as usual)? For the other emperors mentioned (pp. 18-19), they did add the dates they ruled. And why did they choose a portait of Augustus (p. 17)? I

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