Did Romans Really Wash Themselves In Wee? And Other Freaky, Funny and Horrible History Facts

Noel Botham

• Publisher: Dino Books
• eBook ISBN:
  9781784181765
• Year: 2014

DID YOU KNOW THAT...The ROMANS carried on EATING until THEY WERE SICK, or that the SMELLY VIKINGS had NO TOILETS on their SHIPS?DO YOU WANT TO KNOW...Which ROMAN EMPEROR loved his HORSE so much he made him CONSUL?AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS...By telling them about INCAN EXECUTIONS, CHEESY FOOD FIGHTS and WARRIOR BATS! Bursting with brilliant hand-drawn illustrations this book is packed with the wackiest, wittiest, filthiest, foulest, oldest, wisest and best facts about history!Forget boring old school history textbooks! For all the coolest history facts they'd never tell you in class, look no further than Did Romans Really Wash Themselves in Wee?Noel Botham, author of the hugely popular and successful Useless Information series, really makes history come alive for children in this hilarious offering.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chaotic Cavemen
• Awful Aztecs
• The Miserable Mayans
• Back to the Aztecs
• The Greatest Explorers
• The Glorious Greeks
• The Smashing Spartans
• The Glorious Greeks II
• The 10 Greatest Sayings No One Ever Said
• The Extraordinary Egyptians
• The Sly Saxons
• The Virtuous Victorians
• Reckless Revolutions
• Ridiculous Romans
• The Frighteningly Great First World War
• The Spectacular Seas
• Painful Pirates…Aaaarr!
• The Turbulent Tudor Family
• 10 Greatest Mysteries in the History of the World (and some explanations)
• Quiz
• Copyright