The wicked history of the world : history with the nasty bits left in! / Terry Deary, Martin Brown

Author: Deary, Terry
Published: New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006?
Physical Description: 93 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Additional Creators: Brown, Martin, 1959-

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Contents

Introduction -- Horrible hunters -- Savage cities -- Terrible tombs -- Awesome east -- Rotten Rome -- Beastly barbarians -- Nasty knights -- Terrifying torture -- Super sacrifice -- Evil explorers -- Rowdy rebellions -- Cruel criminals -- Woeful workers -- Wicked wars -- Epilogue -- Vicious villains fold-out.

Summary

An illustrated, humorous introduction to world history with a emphasis on violence and villains.

Subject(s)

World history—Juvenile literature
World history

ISBN

9780439877862 (hbk.)
0439877865 (hbk.)

Note

Originally published: London : Scholastic, 2003, in series: Horrible histories.
List of history's villains on fold-out page.

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