The opening instalment of a seriously smelly children's series, History Stinks: Poo Through the Ages demonstrates how much our poo can tell us about the pongy past.
What's that smell? It's HISTORY - and it STINKS!
Did you know that you can discover loads about history just from the loo? Or piles about the past just from a poo? If not, then get ready to discover everything from Henry VIII's dodgy diet and Aztec poop canoes, to giant, fossilized Viking plops, poo-tastic Roman plumbing, the stinky secrets of Victorian sewers, smelly cesspits, medieval muck and more.
From Saxons and Tudors to Ancient Greece, the Indus Valley and beyond, Poo Through the Ages features mighty monarchs, bonkers battles, deadly diseases, foul-smelling faeces and poo, poo, poo. Packed with fascinating facts, hilarious illustrations and the smelliest stories from our pongy past, get ready to dive into the smelliest corners of history!
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
ISBN: 9781526366559
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 180 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
History stinks - at least when it comes to the history of poop, as is the case here. The humorously written chapters give the reader a completely new look at different periods of world history. How did the Romans do... More
With thanks to the author, publishers Hachette’s Children’s Group and NetGalley, for providing me with a DRC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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