รายละเอียด : Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of wonders

Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders

In this new bind-up, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Greeks and Romans! It's history, but not as we know it! Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book, including: - Why the ancient Greeks were mad about olive oil - How to keep the gods happy - Who Pythagoras was - Why you should never ignore an omen - Why Alexander the Great named a city after his horse, Bucephalus - How to defeat an elephant-riding army, and - How the Greeks invented the first computer, vending machine and laser death ray

เนื้อหาปกหลัง : Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of wonders

Hello ! join me and the curiosity crew as we gallop headlong through time , pointing out all the most important , funny , strange , amazing, smelly and disgusting bits ! it's history, but not as we know it !

Find  out everything you ever needed to know about Greeks and Romans in this brilliant , action - packed feat-filled book - it's two books in one ! Discover :

• Who invented the vending machine
• How Aeschylus was killed by a tortoise
• Why you should never ignore an omen
• How to defeat an elephant-riding army

What are you waiting for? Let's get going....

รีวิวโดยผู้เขียน : Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of wonders

Sir Tony Robinson has written many books on historical subjects, including Tony Robinson's Kings and Queens, Bad Kids: The Naughtiest Children in History, the Weird World of Wonders series (British, Egyptians, Greeks, Inventions, Pets, Romans, World War I and World War II), The Worst Jobs in History and The Worst Children's Jobs in History. He has written several television series for children, including Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, for which he received a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society Award. He presented Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team and played Baldrick in Blackadder.