Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee : An Epically Short History of Our Kings and Queens
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee : An Epically Short History of Our Kings and Queens
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Author(s): Higson, Charlie
ISBN No.: 9780008741068
Pages: 432
Year: 202510
Format: UK-Trade Paper (Trade Paper)
Price: $ 31.50
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

20 b/w, illus, 8 col plates (8pp) - Inspired by Charlie's hit podcast - a light-hearted, charming and insightful trawl through the familial backbone of British history - with guests including Tom Holland, James Hawes, Charles Spencer, Dan Jones, Ian Mortimer, Helen Carr, Tracy Borman, Julia Fox, Suzannah Lipscomb, Ian Hislop, Dan Snow, Alex Loxton, James Holland and Dominic Sandbrook - A brilliantly packaged and eye-catching new history book that will appeal to all ages and across a wide reading demographic - Chock-full of wonderful, originally commissioned illustrations of each monarch by a highly experienced artist - Wonderfully realised tone and narrative voice that takes the podcast style and turns it into an engaging and insightful history book - full of historical titbits, unknown facts and funny asides - Other potential elements: breakout fact boxes; end of chapter history quizzes (to test if the reader has been paying attention!); a Foreword by an historian/academic/celebrity historian/friend of the podcast; colour picture section that includes artwork showing key monarchs or other key moments throughout history - Backed by a creative and highly engaging multiplatform comms campaign and publishing strategy. Competition: Unruly; The Shortest History of England; A Short History of England; The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England; The Rest is History; Gimson's Kings and Queens. David Mitchell; James Hawes; Simon Jenkins; Ian Mortimer; Goalhanger Podscasts & Dr Tom Holland; Andrew Gimson.


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