The Barmy British Empire (Horrible Histories) - Cruel Britannia

Terry Deary, Martin Brown (ilustrator)

Scholastic

2002

128 páginas

4h 16m

ISBN-10: 0439992257

History with the nasty bits left in! The Barmy British Empire gives ou the brutal facts about how Britannia ruled the waves - from infamous antics in India to dreadful deeds done down under. Want to know:
-how a war started when a Brit insisted on sitting on a stool?
-who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls?
-why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe?
Read on for foul facts about savage slavers, rotten rebels and nasty natives go for victory with Queen Victoria's quick eastern quiz, and meet some of the most horrid heroes of the British Empire face to face. History has never been so horrible!