There Once Was A Man With Six Wives: Our Kings and Queens in Limericks - Hardcover

Twister, Mick; Warren, Hannah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1911042238 ISBN 13: 9781911042235

Publisher: Pavilion Books, 2017

Synopsis

Royal history as you’ve never seen it before – in limericks!Six times Henry Tudor got wed,Unhappy with how his wives bred,And when things turned sour,Exploiting his powerHe shouted out, ‘Off with her head!’A hilarious new title from everyone’s favourite limericksmith, Mick Twister. He did world history in the very successful There Was an Old Geezer Called Caesar, and now he’s tackling a subject dear to all our hearts – kings and queens. They’re all in here, from Alfred the Great to our present Queen, now the longest serving monarch in history. There is also a smattering of the most interesting European kings and queens, including such greats as Ivan the Terrible and Vlad the Impaler. Mick’s limericks are accompanied by entertaining snippets of text about the monarchs, and illustrations by Hannah Warren make the book the perfect gift package.

About this title

From the Author:

Mick Twister is a television journalist in international news, and a cryptic crossword compiler. Since inventing the @twitmerick in May 2011, he has been tweeting the news in daily limericks. Twitmericks have been reproduced by the Washington Post and the New Statesman. He is the author of There Was an Old Geezer Called Ceasar. Hannah Warren is an illustrator whose clients include Phaidon, Thames and Hudson, TEDTalks, Herman Miller, and Ogilvy and Mather .

About the Author:

Mick Twister is a television journalist in international news, and part-time cryptic crossword compiler. Since inventing the @twitmerick in May 2011, he has been tweeting the news in daily limericks. Twitmericks have been reproduced by the Washington Post and the New Statesman. He is the author of There Was an Old Geezer Called Ceasar, published in 2013 by Portico. He lives in Barnet, London.Hannah Warren is an illustrator and graduate from the Royal College of Art who lives and works in London. She has had her work published in a number of national publications, including the Telegraph and Simple Things Magazine and worked in a variety of creative sectors from advertising, animation, publishing and web. Her clients include Phaidon, Thames and Hudson, TEDTalks, Herman Miller, VCCP, Ogilvy and Mather and Paddington BID. She like drawing bold, colourful people and bikes the most.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pavilion Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1911042238
• ISBN 13: 9781911042235
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112