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| Published on November 24, 2009 |
| ISBN 978-1-77051-081-4 |
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| Everyone knows the nursery rhyme about the Queen of Hearts and the Knave who stole her tarts. What many do not realise is that when that nursery rhyme was written that was a very grave act indeed. It was likely to have cost the Knave his life. Theft was punished by imprisonment and/or exile to the penal colonies, but taking something that belonged to royalty was treated as treasonable. This was because Kings and other medieval rulers enjoyed what was known as the ‘divine right of Kings’, they were apart from other mere mortals. The poem also raises the issue of impulsive, thoughtless behaviour and its sometimes terrible consequences. |
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Written by
Jennifer Poulter 
Illustrated by
Mariana Musa 
