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I never knew that about royal Britain / Christopher Winn ; illustrations by Mai Osawa.

by Winn, Christopher, 1958-

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Historic sites -- Great Britain.

Castles -- Great Britain.

Queens -- Great Britain -- Dwellings.

Kings and rulers -- Dwellings.

Great Britain -- History.

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- History.

9780091945152 (hbk)

0091945151 (hbk)

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ix, 210 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Bestselling author Christopher Winn explores Britain's royal past, unearthing a rich legacy of castles and palaces, cathedrals and country retreats, battlefields and monuments where kings and queens lived and died. Discover whose heart is buried near the Tower of London; which palace was built on top of a mulberry garden; and, the world's oldest and largest occupied castle and the first building in Britain to have latrines. From the Palace of Scone to the Palace of Westminster, from Pembroke Castle, the birthplace of Henry VII, to Pontefract Castle, where Richard II starved to death, and from banqueting halls to beheading sites, this gem of a book is guaranteed to inform and amuse in equal measure.

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