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What the Critics Say
“Engaging ... full of intriguing detail. Highly Recommended.”
—CM
Magazine
“It's a very inviting book ... Each chapter begins with a vignette that
could have occurred in the young ruler’s life. Using this dramatic technique
immediately piques the reader’s interest. The accurate historical information
that is presented after this is much more readily absorbed within this
context.”
—Jennifer Donovan,
Reviewers’ Checklist
“... Will help teachers and junior monarchists widen their horizons
beyond Buckingham Palace”
—Quill & Quire
“Sure to appeal to readers who enjoy biographies ... will also draw
a new group of readers to history. The writing style is active and the
format, with illustrations and sidebars, adds another dimension for the
reader.”
—Resource Links
They were queens. They were kings. And they were kids.
What kid hasn’t dreamed of wearing a crown? But being a young monarch is not all glory and bossing people around. Behold the remarkable lives and startling realities of five child rulers. Boy-king Tutankhamun’s homework involved arrows and chariots. Little Queen Christina of Sweden was forced to sleep under her dead father’s heart, hanging in a box above her bed.
The Last Emperor of China, Mary Queen of Scots, and the current Dalai Lama of Tibet also experienced equally regal—and rocky—childhoods.
Each child ruler is profiled with dramatic episodes from their young lives and eye-opening elements of their country’s history. Complete with photographs, art, and images of artefacts from each era, Kids Who Rule is a crowning achievement of non-fiction storytelling.
The Kids Who Ruled