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Psst! – Past Penguins! Or ‘Would Penguins Lie to You?’

Hitherto Secret Facts of Penguins in History Revealed.

Seldom addressed is the surprising and vital role that Penguins have played throughout history. Little known facts about Penguins will be unearthed and exposed in a series of books as we explore the pivotal Penguins who have changed events throughout time.

Example extract from the book –

Penguins in History highlights major events such as:-

King Harold had a pet Penguin whose appearance at the battle of Hastings caused an unfortunate turn of events, culminating in Harold getting an arrow in his eye.

Hannibal crossed the Alps with a team of elephants and their head keeper, who was a Penguin.

Sir Francis Drake sailed the seven seas with a trio of Penguins‘, Port’, ‘Starboard’ and ‘Straight Ahead you Idiot’.

In World War 2, the French Resistance used Penguins to deliver messages. They thought pigeons were too common.

Other penguin exploits that will be studied include:- Penguins-in-Law, from soliciting to Judging Penguins.

Penguins in Commerce. Penguins in Sport. Penguins in the Arts (theatre/actors/divas/opera/ballet.)

Penguins in the food industry, chefs, confectioners and biscuit makers. Penguins in Education, Finance, Farming, Fashion, and many more subjects!

But perhaps the most surprising group of people to employ penguins are artists. So in the first in this informative series of books we bring to light the many paintings which feature Penguins.

Originally the penguins were employed as studio ‘gofers’, much to the annoyance of the dyslexic head of the Penguin unions. As he unfortunately wrote, ‘its dimaernin  for mi member two be refurred to as a rowdint!’

They often stood in for models for the artists enabling the painters and sculptors to practise the proposed work. From such great artists as Michael Angelo , Jan van Eyck, Renoir, Magritte, Dali, Picasso, to modern day artists such as Hockney and Banksy, all have penguins to thank for their success.