The Secret Life of Elizabeth I

The Secret Life of...

by Bob Fowke

If people think the past is dull, they haven't seen this book yet. It's witty, anarchic, and full of cartoons and jokes. And amidst the fun there are loads of interesting facts about the life and times of Elizabethans. Did you know: The mane and tail of Elizabeth's horse was dyed orange to match her wig? Elizabeth had one of the world's first flushing toilet? She had her own team of bears for bear-baiting? And her teeth were black from eating too much sugar? Read this book and find out more about the secret life of Elizabeth.

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

About the author

Bob Fowke is a prolific writer with over sixty books to his name or written in collaboration with other writers. Most of his books have been published by major British publishers, mainly Hodder Headline but also Oxford University Press, Collins and Heinemann. The majority of them are history and science books for children but he is also the author of The Real Ancient Mariner, about the 18th-century British sailor who shot an albatross in 1719, thus inspiring the focal point of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem, The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere.