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Mortal Monarchs

1,000 Years of Royal Deaths

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Mortal Monarchs

By: Suzie Edge
Narrated by: Suzie Edge
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About this listen

A humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland.

How the monarchs of England and Scotland met their deaths has been a wonderful mixture of violence, infections, overindulgence and occasional regicide. In Mortal Monarchs, medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to uncover the plots, accusations, rivalries and ever-present threat of poison that the kings and queens of old faced.

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.

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. Featuring original medical research, this history forms a rich record not just of how these people died, but how we thought about and treated the human body, in life and in death.

©2022 Suzie Edge (P)2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Death & Dying Historical Politics & Activism Royalty Sociology Witty England Thought-Provoking

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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to an informed perspective of the past Monarch's deaths. I love history and this was a new way of finding out the mainly gruesome ways they died. I would highly recommend it.

Informative and Interesting

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Suzie Edge's "Mortal Monarchs" examines and contextualises the death of every single English king (and some queens) since 1066 and explains everything a royal death entailed in different historical periods. Fascinating and very entertaining!

Fascinating!

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A well read book that gives a different insight English the past. I definitely recommend.

Very insightful

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I follow Suzie on Social media and had to buy her book! It’s fascinating, funny and keeps you wanting more. She has a way of making you imagine the scene she’s writing without trying. I really enjoyed this book and I’m going to have to listen several more times! Looking forward to her next book, thank you Suzie for putting together an informative and fun book!

A new style of listening - with humour!

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A very enjoyable listen, well written and narrated by the author. Such a subject should be gruesome, but instead it is thoroughly entertaining.

Excellent book

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Dr Suzie Edge certainly knows her stuff.. Her voice is great for the narration of her book

history never sounded so interesting

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I really enjoyed my travel through history learning about the deaths of the kings and queens of the Uk. It was interesting that some of the urban legends I grew up with i.e arrows in eyes and pokers in nether regions were debunked. My only criticism would be that I would have loved longer chapters on some of the monarchs.

Well written and well read.

Mortal Monarchs

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Amazing well descriptive keeps you listening I never wanted it to end I loved the medical and historical side to it also
Loved it

Interesting

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As the title states I found it quite slow in the beginning and hard to concentrate however the more the stories developed the more enjoyable I found it.

The narrators voice was soft, soothing and being a doctor, very knowledgable.

I really enjoyed it by the end and was disappointed when it reached the end credits.

Slow start but fascinating

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I’ve followed suzie on tiktok for some time and have always loved her stories. The book is just as good as I thought it would be as her story telling and knowledge is amazing! Thumbs up all the way!

Fantastic

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