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The Queen of Hearts is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.She is a childish, foul-tempered monarch whom Carroll himself describes as "a blind fury", and who is quick to give death sentences at even the slightest of offenses.
The Queen gives the order a third time. As Alice flees, the King uses his oversized crown as a megaphone to tell the guards to "do as her Majesty says". The King of Hearts partakes in the chase on Alice amongst the Queen of Hearts, the Card Soldiers, and the other Wonderland characters. This ends when Alice wakes up.
The King of Hearts. Illustration by W. W. Denslow. There has been speculation about a model for the Queen of Hearts. In The Real Personage of Mother Goose, Katherine Elwes Thomas claims the King and Queen of Hearts are based on Elizabeth of Bohemia and the events that resulted in the outbreak of the Thirty Years War.
King of Hearts (original French title: Le Roi de cœur) is a 1966 French/Italian international co-production comedy-drama film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Alan Bates and Geneviève Bujold. The film is set in a small town in France near the end of World War I. As the Imperial German Army retreats, they booby trap the whole town to ...
Peter Frampton, second from right, on the set of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' in 1978. (Photo: Michael Putland/Getty Images)
The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away! The Knave rarely speaks during the trial. The Mad Hatter is called to give evidence but spends his entire time being nervous in front of the King and Queen of Hearts, and the Duchess's cook is summoned to tell the court what tarts are made of. Neither is a convincing witness ...
Kingdom Hearts 358. The Kingdom Hearts series is long and often a bit confusing, having run for over 20 years with a dozen or so main series games that jump all over the place in the timeline.
The book title refers to some of the professional players involved in this series. The Professor is Howard Lederer, the Banker is Andrew Beal, and the Suicide King is Ted Forrest. It also refers to the King of Hearts, since on the card the King's sword appears to be put in his head. [2] [3]