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

by Philip Ardagh

Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447212010
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	10/07/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Philip Ardagh has written many successful books for children of all ages – including the The Grubtown Tales, Henry's House, The Eddie Dickens series and Philip Ardagh's Absolutely Useless Book of Lists. He lives in Tunbridge Wells and he’s very jolly and good with kids.
Described as 'a national treasure' by the Independent and as 'one of life's fact-finders' by the Scotsman, Philip Ardagh has written books on subjects ranging from archaeology to space flight, and has still found time to write the bestselling Eddie Dickens children's novels, now translated into over thirty languages, to review children's books for the Guardian ('on a regularly irregular basis') and to appear at events and festivals around the world. He won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2009. He is married with one son.