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Frightful First World War: AND Woeful Second World War

Frightful First World War: AND Woeful Second World War

by Terry Deary and Martin Brown
Publication Date: 06/04/2009

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History with twice the nasty bits! Want to know: How sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War? Why wearing white knickers could get you killed in the Second World War? How a pair of old socks gave away top secrets? The Frightful First World War tells you all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last four months ...but ground on for four grim yars.The Woeful Second World War gives you the dire details about the worst war ever - from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infrsted jungle trenches. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for your teacher! History has never been so horrible!
ISBN:
9781407109077
9781407109077
Category:
History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Publication Date:
06-04-2009
Publisher:
Scholastic
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
200x129x18mm
Weight:
0.2kg
Terry Deary

Terry Deary is one of the UK's most well known authors of children's books. With over 6 million copies of the Horrible Histories series sold in the UK alone, Terry Deary's name is a prominent feature on bookshelves across the land.

It was with great glee that Terry Deary realised, at the age of 13, that he could write. It took him another twenty years to discover he could be paid for it. Since then, Terry has written over 200 books!

Terry writes from his home in County Durham where he lives with his wife an d daughter. It takes him anything between six hours and six weeks to write a book! In writes for six days a week, so free time is rare. However when h e does have free time he enjoys acting, local cricket, supporting his beloved Sunderland United football team and running to half-marathon distance for charity.

The Horrible Histories series has been translated into twenty-five different languages, from Welsh to Russian! It has also been produced as a TV series on CBBC.

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