Pidocchiosa prima guerra mondiale

Judging for what it is ( a small book with pictures and more anecdotical than deep) is an entertaining book to read

My favorite passage in this book is this song people in England used to sing "My Tuesdays are meatless My coffee is sweetless Each day I get poorer and wiser. My home is heatless My trousers are seatless My God, but I do hate the Kaiser." The book includes authenic recipes from the time and encourages peo Leggi tutto

برای من که زیاد حوصله خواندن کتاب های تاریخ را ندارم و دز دبیرستان از این درس متنفر بودم کتاب خوبی بود. البته حالا اگر سوالی برایم پیش بیاید دنبال تاریخ می روم ولی این کتاب باعث شد بدون اینکه سوال خاصی در مورد جنگ جهانی اول داشته باشم به سراغش بروم. Leggi tutto

this book was really interesting and informative i love horrible histories its so good and terry deary is such a good author and martin brown's illustrations are hilarious

I loved the Horrible Histories when I was a kid. In fact, I was reading them long past the age they were aimed at. However, coming back to them as an adult what really stands out to me is that Deary doesn't cite any of his sources. I have no idea if any of what he writes in these books is true or wh Leggi tutto

This was my first trip into the Horrible Histories world - and I think the first of many! The detail gone into this is amazing. I’m a little beyond school age but I genuinely learned so much and was engaged through its entirety. There was a range of presentation styles which made it both appealing t Leggi tutto

The Horrible Histories series was consistently good throughout, but The Frightful First World War still manages to scare away the opposition with terrifying tales of trench foot, dead soldiers and dead horses. Deary's writing is evocative and informative at the same time, and he delivers the perfect Leggi tutto