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The raucous royals test your royal wits : crack codes, solve mysteries, and deduce which royal rumors are true

"Here is a book that invites readers to practice the fine art of the history detective, the art of thinking for oneself. With rich paintings and hilarious prose, Carlyn Beccia brings to life the mayhem and foibles of some pretty raucous royals..."--Jacket.

Main Author: Beccia, Carlyn.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Subjects:
Kings and rulers > Juvenile nonfiction.
History > Errors, inventions, etc. > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: "Here is a book that invites readers to practice the fine art of the history detective, the art of thinking for oneself. With rich paintings and hilarious prose, Carlyn Beccia brings to life the mayhem and foibles of some pretty raucous royals..."--Jacket.
Physical Description: 64 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 62-64).
ISBN: 9780618891306
0618891307
Author Notes: Carlyn Beccia's published works include Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo? and The Raucous Royals . The latter was inspired by her trip to Paris: I went to Versailles," she writes, "and discovered that Marie Antoinette never said her infamous line 'Let them eat cake.' Then I remembered also believing that Anne Boleyn had six fingers. After much digging, I discovered that one of her biographers after her death said she had an extra nail. A nail isn't a finger. That discovery led to another rumor and then another."
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