The King & the Troublesome Sea

By Andrew Taylor and Amory Abbott

Queen Phyliss wants something and no matter how hard he tries, her husband King Oscar, can't make it happen!


Then one day, something happens to change all that - a huge shell containing a note is found, then a strange looking boat arrives and the adventure begins...


Join in the incredible whirlwind of a journey as everyone gets involved to try to give Queen Phyliss what she wants - to see the bottom of the sea..

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: May 21, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481790970

Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA’s prestigious Diamond Dagger.

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The King

& the

Troublesome Sea

Written by

Andrew Taylor

Illustrated by

Amory Abbott

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Published by AuthorHouse 05/16/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-8965-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-9097-0 (e)

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Contents

Part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

Part 4.

Part 5.

Part 6.

Part 7.

Part 8.

Part 9.

Part 10.

Part 11.

Part 12.

Part 13

Part 14

Part 15

Part 16

Part 1.

It’s really true what they say isn’t it, that time and tide stops for no man…

Despite the fact that the queen really wanted to walk and not swim or sail far out to sea, King Oscar could do nothing to satisfy her request, but it wasn’t for want of trying.

First he had tried the simple things, like ordering the sea to stop - he stood at the bottom of the cliffs near the palace wearing his finest royal robes, his biggest summer crown (he had 3 for every season of course - the summer versions had a built in sun visor) - and waved his arms about very majestically and commanded in his booming voice By order of the King of this great land, I royally order you to stop rolling in forthwith and immediately go back from whence you came!! 

There was a round of applause from the faithful servants around him with those nearest to him saying things like, Oh splendidly done your Royal Highness!,Magnificent!,Only a king of such brilliance could say it so well! and on and on like all people who were frightened to lose their heads if they upset the king.

They waited for a few minutes, but very soon it was clear nothing had happened and the king was stood ankle deep in splishy, splashy water..

Nobody wanted to admit the king’s orders hadn’t worked, so everyone stood around frightened to move, but it soon became clear when the king’s robe started to float off with the waves…

He stormed off in a great big mood - stamping his very soggy royal feet as he dripped his way back to the palace, surrounded by the loyal servants shouting, how dare it! 

Then there was the time when he ordered his servants to go out to sea and dig a very deep and big hole in the sea bed - just like a plug hole in the bath he had said, that’s bound to work - off the people went in a huge ship, 50 men with shovels and a big drill.

Do you know what happened? Nothing, that’s what. They stayed there for 20 days digging, drilling, banging, swimming, taking turns to dive down and coming back up raising their thumbs like all