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United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: royalty, Autobiography: royalty, Humour
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Wildfire
- Paperback Oct 18, 2023 | 9781472294234 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 29, 2022 | 9781472294241 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 29, 2022 | 9781472294258 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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Wildfire
- Paperback Oct 18, 2023 | 9781472294234 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 29, 2022 | 9781472294241 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 29, 2022 | 9781472294258 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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Wildfire
- Paperback Oct 18, 2023 | 9781472294234 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 29, 2022 | 9781472294241 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 29, 2022 | 9781472294258 | RRP $39.99 Buy Now
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A humorous deep-dive into the varied - and oft-gruesome - deaths of the King and Queens of England and Scotland from a medical historian with a large TikTok following.
'A brilliant, funny and thought-provoking book' - Jonn Elledge
'Compelling, provocative, and utterly brilliant' - Dr Estelle Paranque
THIS PAPERBACK FEATURES ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II
How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries, and ever-present threat of poison that the kings and queens of old faced.
From the "bloody" fascinating story behind Oliver Cromwell's demise and the subsequent treatment of his corpse and whether the arrow William II caught in the chest was an accident or murder, to Henry IV's remarkable skin condition and the red-hot poker up Edward II's rear end, Mortal Monarchs captivates, grosses-out and informs.
In school many of us learned the dates they died and who followed them, but sadly never heard the varied - and oft-gruesome - way our monarchs met their maker. Featuring original medical research, this history forms a rich record not just of how these people died, but how we thought about and treated the human body, in life and in death.
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Praise for Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths
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A brilliant, funny and thought-provoking book - Jonn Elledge
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Compelling, provocative, and utterly brilliant - Dr Estelle Paranque
Suzie Edge
Suzie Edge is a medical doctor and history enthusiast, who has worked in a variety of medical specialties including infectious diseases, haematology, and trauma and orthopaedic surgery. She recently completed an MLitt in Modern History to feed her fascination for the history of the human body and the history of medicine.
Always on the lookout for gory historical details, Suzie loves telling stories of how we have treated our human bodies in life and in death.
Suzie has a black belt and is a trainee instructor in the martial art of Sooyang Do. She lives in a wee cottage in the Highlands of Scotland with her husband, their two teenage daughters and their dog, Scout.
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