Charles Charming's Challenges On The Pathway To The Throne: Clive James

Or: A Royal Poem In Rhyming Couplets. The irrepressibleClive had long been impressed with Prince (now King) Charles as a potential epic hero. Who else has been in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. studied at Gordonstoun and Timbertops, can fly aircraft, navigate ships, drive tanks, tell jokes and swim under the ice? Who else has been the focus for the adoration of untold numbers of young women? But Time,. which changes everything, has changed the life of even this paragon among men...Presented as a poem 2001 lines long, it was the one last light-hearted word before the seriousness began for Charles. Illustrated by Marc, and with a guide to all the characters. First published 1981.