Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths

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It is absolutely financial and it goes past just the kings and speaks to other important figures and British history doctor edge from her tik tok channel. Her description of Mary I may make anyone with a more than passing interest in Tudor history cringe. From the bloody fascinating story behind Oliver Cromwell's demise and the subsequent treatment of his corpse and whether the arrow William II caught in the chest was an accident or murder, to Henry IV's remarkable skin condition and the red-hot poker up Edward II's rear end, Mortal Monarchs captivates, grosses-out and informs. Dr Suzie Edge joins Philippa to talk about how how the body reacts to the execution methods which we hear about so often in British History.

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It is absolutely financial and it goes past just the kings and speaks to other important figures and British history. What syphilis, strokes, heart attacks, pokers applied to the body - what they'd do system by system to cause death. How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. Like I've read the an authors interpretation of someone like Anne Boleyn life mutiple times and never got bored. Makes you glad to be alive now so we can linger on for ages sans bloodletting and bloodcurdling pain.I think this book has mass appeal, I can see other people liking this even if they weren't a complete history nerd. Willy Willy Harry Stee, Harry Dick John Harry Three, One Two Three Neds, Richard Two, Henry's Four Five Six.

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both suitable for people who aren't health experts but interesting enough in manner that isn't too simplistic for doctors to learn.I mean, I've read certain peoples stories, both non fiction and fiction mutiple times in different books. In school many of us learned the dates they died and who followed them, but sadly never heard the varied and oft-gruesome - way our monarchs met their maker.

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She has over 188,000 followers on TikTok who love tuning into her stories of how famous monarchs met their end. This book was interesting at times, and did commit the cardinal historical sin of speculating on specific medical causes of death, but was enjoyable overall. I have to admit skimming some of the medical details due to my personal ‘ick factor’, and that’s why I’ve given this three stars rather than four or five - it’s just my own sense of queasiness holding me back. She recently completed an MLitt in Modern History to feed her fascination for the history of the human body and the history of medicine. You will also enjoy early access to content, exclusive blogs, discounts on British History Events, 7 days priority booking on British History Tours, and take part in Book Club!

So we get a blink-and-you-miss-it 'this might not actually be true' disclaimer (that hardly anyone even notices) while describing the story in loving detail, and failing even to mention the numerous other chronicle accounts of Edward's death, or the fact that he might not even have died in 1327 at all. In this bonus episode, Charlie Higson welcomes Dr Suzie Edge, author of 'Mortal Monarchs - 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths' and 'Vital Organs - The History of the Worlds Most Famous Body Parts' to talk about her work studying the ways Monarchs died. Yes I need to move across the ocean, but that takes money, and I’m currently spending all of my on stitch fix don’t judge. An actual person who really lived supposedly being raped to death and having his insides burnt out with a superheated piece of metal is, apparently, grounds for lots of chuckles and laughing emojis and chatting about how funny and awesome it is. Philippa is a Historian and History Event Organiser Philippa Lacey Brewell lives in Central England and is well respected in her field as a historian and tour guide.

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We take the "George III had porphyria" theory for granted nowadays, but Dr Edge makes some really good points challenging it. In school many of us learned the dates they died and who followed them, but sadly never heard the varied – and oft-gruesome – way our monarchs met their maker. From the "bloody" fascinating story behind Oliver Cromwell's demise and the subsequent treatment of his corpse and whether the arrow William II caught in the chest was an accident or murder, to Henry IV's remarkable skin condition and the red-hot poker up Edward II's rear end, Mortal Monarchs captivates, grosses-out and informs. Informative and quick paced this was a really interesting book from Suzie Edge about the possible causes of death of the monarchs ranging from Edward the Confessor to George VI.Published mere days before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the book is, of course, already requiring an update, but c'est la vie.