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 Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians - Terry Deary
Description: ISBN 0590552899 / Author: Terry Deary / Genre: Junior Books / History with the nasty bits left in. Awful information about phabulous ... more  Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians - Terry Deary ... Pharoahs, mean mummies, revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets, and more. History has never been so horrible! For 9-12 year olds.Newest Review: ... need to be a kid at heart. I’ve always had an interest in history but, at the moment at least, I really don’t have enough ... more ... interest in one particular era or culture to buy and read in-depth textbooks of a thousand pages or so about it. Therefore this book, with its 128 pages (low-quality print but not to the extent that it was a problem) with its light-hearted style, frequent cartoons, and lots of humour suited me perfectly. Don’t be misled though, this book has some really interesting information in it. It’s not crammed with facts and figures, but it certainly doesn’t shy away from them. It’s not intended to present a watered-down view of h...more |
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Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians - Terry Deary: You want pyramids with that? (986 words)
by CaptainD - written on 23.03.07 (Very useful, 331 readings)
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Horrible Histories is a range of books aimed at getting kids interested in history by telling them the whole truth - with all the awful horribleness that “teachers don’t like to tell you”. So, basically it’s a school textbook with added squishiness and comedy factor. They’re priced at £4.99 each retail, but I got a box set of ten from The Book People (you know, the people that visit the workplace) for £10. The set includes such other titles as “The Angry Aztecs”, “The Ruthless Romans”, and “The Blitzed Brits”. The books appealed to me because they looked a little like 1066 And All That, a book I love, in its style and presentation. I wasn’t quite right about that, but ...
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