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      Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth and Other Historical Fallacies 

       by

      Andrea Barham

      Published by Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

      'Be very, very careful what you put into that head,

      because you will never, ever get it out'

      Thomas Wolsey (c.1475 - 1530)

       

      Synopsis

      "Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth" focuses on the erroneous facts that continue to distort the annals of world history.

      To counter all those fabricated facts you have learnt through the years, here is a guide to the truth behind the myths, including: Sir Walter Raleigh did not bring the potato nor tobacco back from the New World; Abraham Lincoln did not write the Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope; King Ethelred the Unready was not unprepared; St George was not English; and of course Queen Elizabeth did not have wooden teeth!

      Written with wit and fascinating insight, and covering numerous subjects from royalty to religion, saints to statesmen, inventors to explorers, "Queen Elizabeth's Wooden Teeth" is guaranteed to astonish and inform, amuse and entertain.

       

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Foreword

      1. Anomalous Ancients

      2. Counterfeit Kings (pre-conquest)

      3. Questionable Queens

      4. Fallacious Folk Heroes

      5. Spurious Statesmen

      6. Felonious Females

      7. Erroneous Explorers

      8. Calumnious Claims

      9. Counterfeit Kings (post-conquest)

      10. Muddled Militaria

      11. Illusory Inventors

      12. Less-than-Likely Last Words

      13. Dubious Discoverers

      14. Misattributed Quotes

      15. Phoney Phrase Origins

      16. Suspect Saints

       
      Book Details:
      • Hardcover: 192 pages (October 11, 2007)
      • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
      • Language: English
      • ISBN-10: 1843172399,
      • ISBN-13: 978-1843172390
      • Price:£9.99

       

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