Scholastic Horrible Histories: Gruesome Guides: Oxford
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Price: £5.99
Brand: Scholastic
Description: HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: OXFORD takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Oxford, exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. With the frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past. Burning bishops, blood-soaked streets and student scraps, it's a trip no Horrible Histories fan will want to miss!. Scholastic Horrible Histories: Gruesome Guides: Oxford - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
Merchant: Scholastic
Product ID: 72212
ISBN: 9781407110776
Author: morten
Rating: 5
Review: I like the series, they are funny and tell some of the lesser told parts of history. One have to remember that they are written for 10-15 year old-ish. the author have said that it is difficult not to write something wrong, because the first constants used to be considered the truth, but by the time the rest of the book had been written, those truths had been disproved. Also a good theme in the books is that you shouldn't always believe what a historian have written, because the winner writes the history.
Author: CobWeb
Rating: 4
Review: 'It might be famous for its super spires and clever colleges, but Oxford has seen some horrendous happenings. Read on for burning bishops and blood-soaked streets, student scraps and Civil War strife! Want to know: ...what a liripoop is? ...which potty professor liked to walk like a dinosaur? ...what's buried beneath the botanical gardens? Plot your path to the past with the frightful fold-out map of the city ~ take a punt past corpse-ridden Christ Church and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and crumbling castle. History has never been so horrible!' A colourful card cover opnes to 96 busy pages, split over 13 chapters: Oxford's twisted timeline Saints & skeletons Vicious Vikings Curious colleges Burning bishops The savage Civil War Cutting up corpses Quaint quiz Savage students College criminals Ghastly goings-on Awful for animals Oxford dead ...with an introduction & an epilogue. Written in various fonts with humorous black & white illustrations/cartoons throughout.
