Did you know that Henry VIII played tennis while one of his wives was being beheaded? Henry VIII is England's most notorious king, but in fact his whole family was as bad. Under the Tudors, the warning 'Don't lose your head!' meant exactly that! Any history book will give you the boring facts they think you should know, but only this one will tell you what smellt Tudor life was really like ...

 

This book features in the following series: What They Don'T Tell You, What They Don'T Tell You About .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Hachette Children's Group .

Bob Fowke has written many titles in the 'What They Don't Tell You About' series and always produces interesting text and lively, humorous illustrations. As well as author of the 'Who? What? When?' series, he is also the writer of 'Who's Who in British History'.