The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed- (Hardcover)

By: Justin Pollard

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Comedy & Humor, History,

ISBN: 97004805

SKU: BE500267917987

Pages: 320

Description: Did you give your school history lessons your undivided attention? Even if you did, you're probably none the wiser as to how exactly Henry II of France came to have a two-foot splinter in his head, or why Alexandra of Bavaria believed she had swallowed a piano. Or where terms like bunkum, maverick, John Bull and taking the mickey come from; or how the Tsarina of Russia once saved a life with a comma; or why Robert Pate hit Queen Victoria on the head with a walking stick.