{"product_id":"200-fun-facts-about-kings-queens-royals-for-kings","title":"200 Fun Facts About Kings, Queens \u0026 Royals For Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou think you know what kings and queens were actually like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou don't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTextbooks give you dates and portraits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey skip the part where a medieval king's royal toilet was a hole over a pit that someone else had to clean. They skip the polar bear. They skip the poisoned peacock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou've been handed the dullest version of the most interesting people who ever lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the real stories - the weird pets, the fashion disasters, the sibling betrayals have been sitting behind velvet curtains this whole time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e200 Fun Facts About Kings, Queens \u0026amp; Royals by Jonah Mullen tears those curtains down. 16 chapters. 200 true stories pulled from royal nurseries, battlefields, secret passages, and banquet halls where the food taster had the worst job in history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside, you'll discover:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✔ The real reason kings started wearing high heels and why it backfired badly\u003cbr\u003e✔ Which monarch kept a tiger as a palace pet, and what happened at dinner\u003cbr\u003e✔ What a royal food taster actually did when the soup smelled suspicious\u003cbr\u003e✔ The queen who ruled an empire without fighting a single war and won more than the generals did\u003cbr\u003e✔ Why castle life smelled worse than your gym locker, no matter how rich you were\u003cbr\u003e✔ The secret codes, invisible ink, and palace spies that made royal gossip genuinely dangerous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is for kids who ask 'but what were they actually like?'  and for parents tired of watching history bounce off their child like water off a duck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is not for anyone who prefers their monarchs silent, perfect, and bolted to a pedestal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery day you wait is another day history stays boring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrab your copy now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Cot","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67844541317424,"sku":"9781911992110","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781911992110.jpg?v=1790249626","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/200-fun-facts-about-kings-queens-royals-for-kings","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}