Review of The Prince and the Pauper

. . . garnering a perfect 10 of 10 rating? Could it be the factual errors? The "Prince" here is Eddie Tudor, aka King Edward VI of England (1547 to 1553). This story takes place when Eddie is just 9. I'm staring at his autograph right now, and he writes like a child--or a mouse! The narrator says his pops was a "good king," but neglects to mention that he'd already lopped off the noggins of a couple of Eddie's five stepmoms. The narrator concludes that it was Happy Days in Old England when Eddie became king. He omits the fact that Eddie's henchmen lost a disastrous war, and that the cousin he appointed as his heir--Lady Jane Grey--was beheaded herself shortly after her NINE-DAY "reign." Nor does this deluded voice-over man hint at the fact that a series of civil wars spanning several centuries were the direct consequence of "the good king," the "boy king," the "nine-day queen" and Eddie's half-sister, the original "Bloody Mary."