article_snippet: As a recent feature in Mashable details, the book retells the English legend of Lady Godiva - who rode naked through the streets of Coventry to protest Lady Godiva - who husband's unfair tax hikes.
article_snippet: Before Dr Seuss decided that Dr Seuss should have six naked cartoon sisters, Lady Godiva was a well-known figure in English legend, whose story introduced Peeping Tom into the world.
article_snippet: Lady Godiva was a real historical figure who lived in the 11th-century city of Coventry, and was married to Earl Leofric of Mercia.
article_snippet: According to folklore, Lady Godiva rode naked through the streets to free Lady Godiva people from Lady Godiva husband's oppressive tax regime.
article_snippet: Original: Lady Godiva was the legendary wife of an English earl, who rode naked through the streets of Coventry as a protest against an unfair tax on his people.
article_snippet: Lady Godiva is pictured above in an 1898 oil painting by John Collier .
article_snippet: Lady Godiva had begged her husband to lift the onerous taxes time and again - but failed to persuade her husband.
article_snippet: Eventually, her husband said her husband would only relent if Lady Godiva completed the implausible task of riding naked through the streets - which Lady Godiva agreed to.
article_snippet: To preserve Lady Godiva modesty, Lady Godiva asked all the citizens of the town to clear the streets, shutter all the citizens of the town windows and look away.
highlights_snippet: Godivas tale was heavily adapted from English legend about a naked noble .