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History Without the Boring Bits

English · Paperback

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Conventional chronologies of world history concentrate on the reigns of kings and queens, the dates of battles and treaties, the publication dates of great books, the completion of famous buildings, the deaths of iconic figures, and the years of major discoveries. But there are other more interesting stories to tell - storieswhich can bring the past vividly and excitingly to life. Imagine a book that tells you the date of the ancient Roman law that made it legal to break wind at banquets; the name of the defunct medieval pope whose putrefying corpse was subjected to the humiliation of a trial before a court of law; the identity of the priapic monarch who sired more bastards than any other king of England; and last but not least the date of the demise in London of the first goat to have circumnavigated the globe - twice. Imagine a book crammed with such deliciously disposable information, and you have History without the Boring Bits . By turns bizarre, surprising, trivial, and enlightening, History without the Boring Bits offers rich pickings for the browser, and entertainment and inspiration aplenty for those who have grown weary of more conventional works of history.

Product details

Authors Ian Crofton, Crofton Ian
Publisher Quercus Publishing
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 05.02.2015
 
EAN 9781848668683
ISBN 978-1-84866-868-3
No. of pages 368
Dimensions 132 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries

HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history

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