Name: Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind The Tudors By Kay Barnham
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Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind The Tudors by Kay Barnham

Truth or Busted's Tudors title explores popular myths about the Tudor period, its people and events in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous way that kids will find unputdownable! Alongside features such as 'Zounds!' (a Tudor cry of astonishment) in which we discover the goriest aspects of Tudor life, Truth or Busted statements such as 'Tudors thought that bleeding made you better' or 'It is illegal to eat swans' are explored. We look at where the idea came from, whether it has any basis in truth, or whether it can be consigned to folklore. Finally, each statement is given a TRUTH or BUSTED evaluation!

A must for anyone studying the Tudors at key stage 2 or key stage 3!

About Kay Barnham

Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate.She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.

1: Henry VII was mean and miserly
2: Henry VIII was larger than life.
3: Edward VI was only 9 years old when he became king.
4: Mary I was nicknamed Bloody Mary because she had so many people executed.
5: Anne Boleyn had an extra finger.
6: A bear garden was a type of Tudor zoo.
7: Elizabeth I was killed by her make-up.
8: Silt saved the Mary Rose.
9: A Tudor woman was once killed by a loaf of bread.
10: You didn't have to be a witch to cast spells.
11: Hanging was the worst Tudor punishment EVER.
12: Tudors didn't use forks.
13: People threw their poo out of upstairs windows.
14: Tudor children drank beer.
15: Tudor football players used jumpers for goalposts.
16: Tennis was illegal.
17: Tudors didn't use toilet paper.

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GOR009768883

ISBN 13

9780750281300

ISBN 10

0750281308

Title

Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind The Tudors by Kay Barnham

Author

Kay Barnham

Series

Truth or Busted

Condition

Used - Well Read

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Hachette Children's Group

Year published

20140828

Number of pages

96

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Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind The Tudors Kay Barnham

Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind The Tudors by Kay Barnham

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