Divorced, Beheaded, Died... The History of Britain's Kings and Queens in Bite-sized Chunks

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<b>Featuring tales of murder, adultery, beheadings, civil war, usurpation and madness, </b><i><b>Divorced, Beheaded, Died. </b></i><b>takes you on a gallop through the history of all of England's kings and queens, plus some of the less well-known Scots and Welsh rulers.</b> From Henry VIII dispatching his numerous wives to Edward VIII's unprecedented abdication, Britain's monarchs have been responsible for shaping some of the most <b>dramatic moments in British history</b>. Discover the sticky end that befell Edward II, the story of the princes in the Tower, the tale of the queen who reigned for less than a fortnight, and find out whether Macbeth really was a king of Scotland. Presented in an <b>accessible, chronological format</b>, this essential guide will fill in all those gaps in your history knowledge, remind you of those details you'd forgotten, and provide some<b> fascinating and amusing facts</b> about one of the longest-running monarchies in the world.