Irosi irlandesi

A little too much of a Bri*ish lean for what I know about Ireland now.

This has probably been my favourite of the Horrible Histories books that I’ve recently read through, mainly because I didn’t know a huge amount about Irish history other than the potato famine and the Troubles. This taught me a lot about some of the earlier stuff and covers Ireland BC and during the Leggi tutto

I thought this would be about Ireland, and YEAH, I know we are tightly bound with England no matter what, but it was like almost half and half. Maybe they still just don't understand us. Not the humour I was expecting, really just sad. We have a sad, sad history according to this book. Always on the Leggi tutto

Když jsem byla mladší, tak mě Děsivky minuly opravdu velkým obloukem. Tak to teď po čase doháním. Je to náramný, pojmout dějiny tak, aby se při něm děti bavily a mnoho učitelů, kteří nedokážou udělat výuku zajímavou by se mohlo čas od času třeba taky inspirovat.

Poor Ireland. Such a sad history full of death and destruction. But this series, I sure do love it !!

So, again an in depth look into the history of one place rather than a specific time period and this time it’s all about Ireland. Now, I don’t think I had read this before now, so this was a bit of a unique experience for me. There are a lot in this book that also discusses England and how tied toge Leggi tutto

Although this is a kids book and I’m reading it as an adult I very much enjoyed it! I’ve always loved learning about Irish history as I have Irish heritage and this was such a fun and informative read!

Very interesting read even as an adult.