{"product_id":"gimsons-kings-and-queens-9780224101196","title":"Gimsons Kings and Queens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Gimson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBoris: The Rise of Boris Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Simon \u0026amp; Schuster in 2006 and described as brilliant', scintillating' and an effervescent delight'. He writes for a wide range of newspapers and magazines, and is a contributing editor to ConservativeHome.com. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the stuff of history lessons long ago, and long forgotten by most of us. Essentially \u003ci\u003eHorrible Histories\u003c\/i\u003e for grown-ups, splendidly enhanced by Martin Rowson’s typically scabrous portraits -- Marcus Berkmann * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eWhat is most valuable is the way this turns out to be the neatest and most revealing way to tell the story of this country. The chapter on Henry VIII, for example, is a masterpiece of vivid narrative, which somehow manages to dramatise, in ten pages, so many factors about why we are who we are -- Charles Moore, author of Margaret Thatcher * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGimson's Kings and Queens\u003c\/i\u003e is unfailingly entertaining and frequently moving. In addition, the monarchs are wonderfully caricatured in all their sneers and jowls by political cartoonist Martin Rowson -- Suzi Feay * London Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eThe most entertaining  and instructive book on the English monarchy you will ever read * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e[An] entertaining romp through England’s monarchs… an amusing, quirky reminder of what older generations were taught at school. \u003ci\u003eGimson's Kings and Queens\u003c\/i\u003e is the natural successor to Sellar and Yeatman's 1930 classic, 1\u003ci\u003e066 and All That\u003c\/i\u003e -- Tim Bouverie * Sunday Telegraph *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732898132311,"sku":"9780224101196","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780224101196.jpg?v=1719998862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gimsons-kings-and-queens-9780224101196","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}