The Stormin' Normans

Author: Terry Deary
The Stormin' Normans
Scholastic
Quality:
Pages: 128
Genre: novell
Horrible Histories
Language: English
2001
Format: PDF
Size: 14,9 МБ


Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This title contains fascinating facts about Bill the Conqueror and his bully boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the Crusades. There are tales of limb-chopping, terribly tortured saints and you can find out what "really" happened in 1066.
Want to know:
Why Norman knights slept with a dolly?
Which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint?
Why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee?
This book lets you discover the foul facts about the 'Stormin' Normans'.