charles i, 1625-1649

After losing his mother, young John Saturnall is taken in by a nobleman and apprenticed to the kitchens where he uses his love of cooking to win over the daughter of the Lord of the Manor, and the two stuggle to stay together during the English Civil War.

A biography of Jeffrey Hudson, dubbed Britain's smallest man, describing his presentation to young Queen Henrietta Maria in 1626 when he was seven-years-old and eighteen inches tall, and discussing his humble origins, his experiences at court, his exploits in the English civil war, his capture by pirates, and other aspects of his life.