How They Choked - Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous

The creator of the best-selling How They Croaked shares the stories behind 14 epic failures to shine a light on the darker side of select historical events, from Montezuma II's fatal error of mistaking a conqueror for a god to Isaac Newton's miscalculation of turning from science to pursue alchemy.

Product details

• Authors: Georgia Bragg
• Assisted by: Kevin O'Malley (Illustration)
• Publisher: Walker and Company USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 06.05.2014, delayed
• EAN: 9780802734891
• ISBN: 978-0-8027-3489-1
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics