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Book of the Day - Welsh History In All It's Gory Glory!

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The Troublesome Tudors and Sleazy Stuarts - Wicked Wales

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troublesome-tudors-sleazy-stuarts Welsh history in all its gory glory!

Bring history to life with The Troublesome Tudors and Sleazy Stuarts , the first book in the Wicked Wales series, focusing on the gorier elements of periods of Welsh history.

Did you know that under the rule of the Tudors and Stuarts people were boiled alive in oil, husbands tried to sell their wives at livestock fairs, and over a nine year period, one bishop hanged 5,000 people, including one man who was already dead?

A blend of amusing text, gory facts and humorous illustrations bring the era of the Tudors and Stuarts to life, in an appealing and entertaining way. The text is interspersed with quizzes, fact panels, cartoons and games, making this the ideal book to engage childrens interest and get them involved in the history of Wales.

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