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An appendix lists how the 'other half has died', including death by underwear, cricket ball and pea soup, while an index - from 'abbot, lecherous' to 'wrestling, with bears' - is of limited referential value but, like the rest of the book, is hugely enjoyable to read.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555473269009,"sku":"GOR012004994","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49589008105745,"sku":"GOR004748218","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49634887041297,"sku":"GOR011624254","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/184868830X.jpg?v=1777715263"},{"product_id":"fat-bald-and-worthless-book-robert-easton-9780140515404","title":"Fat, Bald and Worthless","description":"Was Ethelred, the Unready always late for breakfast? 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Anyone with a love the quirky side of history will enjoy the capricious world of noble nicknames, where military tacticians can be celebrated for their drinking habits (Michael the Drunkard), successful diplomats can be mocked for their diminutive stature (Ladislaus the Elbow-High), and a vicious tyrant can be kowtowed to (John the Good).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49588776337681,"sku":"GOR001985412","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51304201650449,"sku":"GOR006492053","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53117141713169,"sku":"GOR004567541","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0140515402.jpg?v=1750737397"},{"product_id":"saga-of-california-book-robert-easton-9780843939552","title":"Saga of California","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49910015033617,"sku":"CIN0843939559A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0843939559.jpg?v=1750914952"},{"product_id":"good-the-bad-and-the-unready-book-robert-easton-9780141016429","title":"The Good, the Bad and the Unready","description":"\"The Good , the Bad and the Unready\" is the perfect book for discovering how one man could be both Charles the Scourge of God and Charles the Affable. 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