Horrible Histories Special: Rotten Rulers - Couverture souple

Deary, Terry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0439959365 ISBN 13 : 9780439959360

Editeur : Scholastic, 2005

Synopsis

"Rotten Rulers" gives you the lowdown on the world's most loathsome leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil emperors to crazy kings an queens, people all around the world have suffered at the hands of their rulers for centuries. Whether they're nutty or nasty, fa or foul, those in charge rarely get it right. Want to know: Who gave the job of high priest to a donkey? Who choked to death while eating a crow? Who celebrated victory by eating his enemy's head? Read on for the power-crazed president who still rules from the grave and find out about the suffering slave who was ordered to collect 500 kilos of spider webs for his boss. Meet Genghis the Mongolian murderer and discover just how terrible Ivan really was. History has never been so horrible.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Rotten Rulers gives readers the lowdown on the world's most loathSome leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil emperors to crazy kings and queens, people all around the world have suffered at the hads of their rulers for centuries. Whether they're nutty or nasty, fat or foul, those in charge rarely get it right. History has nver been so horrible!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scholastic
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0439959365
• ISBN 13: 9780439959360
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Phillips Mike
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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