Which King had a mischievous pet monkey? Which ruthless Queen enjoyed toasting people to a crisp? Whose reign lasted only nine days? The Head That Wears A Crown is a captivating collection that features the Kings and Queens of the British Isles as you've never seen them before.

Read Queen Victoria's Twitter posts and young Elizabeth I's letters to her father's latest wife. Hear the muddy marching song of King Harold's soldiers and learn which royal was Danish as a pastry, but nothing like as sweet! Intriguing, comical and accompanied by fascinating historical facts, these vibrant poems are a joy to read, bringing a long line of daring and devious monarchs to life.

About the Author
Rachel Piercey is a poet and editor who also writes for children. Her poems have appeared in magazines including Magma, The Rialto, Poems In Which, Butcher's Dog and The Poetry Review and she has two pamphlets with the Emma Press, The Flower and the Plough and Rivers Wanted. https://www.rachelpierceypoet.com/ Emma Dai'an Wright (1986) is a British-Chinese-Vietnamese publisher and illustrator. She worked in ebook production at Orion Publishing Group before leaving in 2012 to set up The Emma Press with the support of the Prince's Trust. She has since published over 500 writers across more than 70 books, including poetry anthologies for adults and children, short stories, and translations. In 2016 The Emma Press won the Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlet Publishers. She lives in Birmingham.

Reviews
'This anthology picks up on not just the expected, but hones in on the misfits, the misunderstood, the forgotten, the interesting, the known but not as you expected, the almost unknown and the possibly wish you hadn't known power brokers of British history... Aimed at children 8+, we think the Head That Wears The Crown would make an ideal class reader for upper KS2 pupils (Years 5 & 6 in primary school) either as a text for history topics or as impetus for reading and writing lessons.' -- The School Reading List * The School Reading List *



Book Information
ISBN 9781910139769
Author Rachel Piercey
Format Paperback
Page Count 168
Imprint The Emma Press
Publisher The Emma Press
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 14mm