WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER DISS A QUEEN: AND OTHER BIZARRE TALES FROM THE ANNALS OF HISTORY
Book ID/图书代码： 00530011B46005
English Summary/英文概要： Why You Should Never Diss a Queen is the latest instalment in David Haviland’s fascinating and hilarious series of trivia books. Previous titles have included Self-Harming Parrots and Exploding Toads, which looked at the oddities of the animal kingdom, and Why You Should Store Your Farts in a Jar, which is a collection of fascinating stories about medicine and health. Like the previous titles, Why You Should Never Diss a Queen will use the popular ‘notes and queries’ format, as it addresses a series of bizarre and obscure questions.
This time, the focus is on history, as Why You Should Never Diss a Queen explores the entire history of human civilisation, from the Trojan Wars all the way up to the first Iraq War. Along the way we will encounter Julius Caesar, Lady Godiva, Captain Bligh, and the first and only Emperor of the United States of America. We will demolish a range of myths, as we learn that the Great Wall of China is not really a wall, the first world war took place in the 18th century, Queen Victoria was surprisingly saucy, and England was successfully invaded by a foreign power far more recently than you might have thought. Other questions include:oWhat was the most disastrous kidnapping in history?
oWhy didn’t the Vikings settle in North America?
oWho was the rightful king of England when William the Conqueror invaded in 1066?
oWhy did Henry II submit to being whipped by monks in 1174?
oIn medieval times, why would spiral staircases usually wind clockwise?
oWas Edward II killed as a result of a misplaced comma?
oWhich queen gave birth in front of 200 people?oWhat went wrong on Easter Island?
oWhen was Britain’s Royal Navy used to protect the drugs trade?
oWhich leader held a state funeral for his own leg?
oWhich is the more effective weapon: a bayonet, or a machine gun?
oWhy are the British royal family called ‘Windsor’?
oWhy did the US Ambassador to Iraq tell Saddam Hussein that America would have no objection to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《Why You Should Never Diss a Queen》（為什麼你不應該批評一個女王）是David Haviland的一部迷人和熱鬧的系列瑣事書籍。以前書名包括《Self-Harming Parrots and Exploding Toads》（自我傷害鸚鵡和爆炸的蟾蜍），作品著眼於奇特的動物王國，以及《Why You Should Store Your Farts in a Jar》（為什麼要應該你放的屁裝在罐子裡），這是一些關於醫藥保健方面引人入勝的故事。就像以前的書名一樣，《Why You Should Never Diss a Queen》（為什麼你不應該批評一個女王）將使用流行的‘備忘和查詢’的格式，因為它解決了一系列離奇和模糊的問題。
這一次，重點是對歷史的，因為《Why You Should Never Diss a Queen》（為什麼你不應該批評一個女王）探索了整個人類文明史，從特洛伊戰爭一直到第一次伊拉克戰爭。一路上，我們會遇到凱撒大帝，葛黛瓦夫人，布萊船長，和美利堅合眾國的第一個也是唯一的君主。我們將移除一系列的虛構事物，因為我們瞭解，中國的長城是不是真正意義上的牆，第一次世界大戰發生在18世紀，維多利亞女王出奇的俏麗，以及英國成功由外國勢力的入侵，遠超過你們最近可能認為的。其他問題包括：什麼時候是歷史上最災難性的綁架？
為什麼沒有維京人遷入北美？
當征服者威廉在1066年入侵時誰是英格蘭的合法國王？
為什麼在1174年亨利二世屈服于修道士的影響？
在中世紀時期，為什麼螺旋樓梯，通常是順時針環繞？
愛德華二世被殺真的是因為用錯一個逗號？
哪位女王是在200個人面前出生的？復活節島上什麼地方出錯了？
什麼時候英國的皇家海軍曾經保護毒品交易？
哪位領導人為自己的腿舉行國葬？
哪種武器更有效，刺刀還是機槍？
為什麼英國王室被稱為“溫莎”？
為什麼美國駐伊拉克大使告訴薩達姆，美國不反對伊拉克對科威特的入侵？(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： David Haviland is the coauthor of Why Dogs Eat Poop & Other Useless or Gross Information About the Animal Kingdom and was the ghostwriter for Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers & Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body and Why Fish Fart & Other Useless or Gross Information About the World. A journalist, ghostwriter, and editor, he lives in England.
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