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In these strange times of uncertainty and isolation may we present a further collection of humorous rhyming stories, poems and limericks that will probably delight or upset — infuriate or simply bore any listener silly enough to purchase it.

The Woe of Roanoke is the epic story of the sordid life of the notorious Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean and his fearsome clan of incestuous savages, who terrorised Scotland for 25 years during the reign of James 1st, which leads onto America’s oldest mystery, when 115 men, women and children disappeared after settling the first English colony at Roanoke. At first the tale is told through the eyes of Sawney’s abused daughter Agnes and then the narrative is overtaken by the tortured notary Thomas Hume.

Erzsébet Báthory was history's most prolific female serial killer. Born into Hungarian nobility in 1560 she became infamous for torturing and murdering hundreds of young girls between 1590 and 1610. Erzsébet was obsessed with maintaining her youth and beauty and believed that bathing in the fresh blood of virgins would preserve her youthfulness.

An epic take on the white slave trade by Barbary pirates, centreing on the most famous buccaneer of the Salle Rovers—Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem. This novel-length narrative poem is set over six books, all interconnected but each telling its own separate and unique story.

Known by her stage name of Mademoiselle de Maupin or simply 'La Maupin' Julie was a darling of the Paris Opera under the Sun Kings patronage. Gorgeous, volatile and a crossdressing bisexual fencing master, her multiple lovers included some of Europes most powerful men and beautiful women. Amongst her many outrageous exploits was burning down the convent of the Visitandines to cover her escape with a young nun whom she had fallen in love with.