- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Hippo; Reprint edition (17 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0590195697
- ISBN-13: 978-0590195690
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 308,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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According to the opening section of Horrible Histories: Angry Aztecs, this book will teach a little bit of history and a lot about people, but the most important thing is that it will teach children everywhere how to drive their teachers stark, staring mad by repeatedly asking the most dreaded question of all: "WHY?"
Why did the Spanish want to steal the Aztecs' treasure? Why did Aztecs eat scum? Why did Aztecs drink live toads in wine? And why is the world going to end on December 22, 2012?
Angry Aztecs is recommended reading for grown-ups who want to prepare themselves for the onslaught and an absolute must for children who want to find out a little bit more about the mysterious Aztecs than the serious history books are willing to share.
Great, grubby fun and an excellent choice for anyone who is curious about these curious of folk.
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Find out about powerful priests, weird warriors, and the cunning Conquistadors, in this book which provides the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc and other Angry Aztecs whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts. Part of a series of books about history with the nasty bits left in!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'The Angry Aztecs fills you in on the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc and other people with unpronounceable names, whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts.
Want to know:
* why the Aztecs liked to eat scum?
* when the world is going to end?
* how to play a REALLY violent ball game?
Read on for human sacrifices, Mayan mysteries, sacrifices, a suffering slave's diary and more sacrifices.
Find out about powerful priests, weird warriors, and the cunning Conquistadors - who made the Aztecs very angry indeed.
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 127 pages, split over chapters:
1. Terrible timeline
2. The mysterious Maya
3. The awful Aztecs
4. Eat like an Aztec
5. Aztec days
6. Live like an Aztec
7. The cunning conquistadors
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations throughout from Martin Brown.
Want to know:
* why the Aztecs liked to eat scum?
* when the world is going to end?
* how to play a REALLY violent ball game?
Read on for human sacrifices, Mayan mysteries, sacrifices, a suffering slave's diary and more sacrifices.
Find out about powerful priests, weird warriors, and the cunning Conquistadors - who made the Aztecs very angry indeed.
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 127 pages, split over chapters:
1. Terrible timeline
2. The mysterious Maya
3. The awful Aztecs
4. Eat like an Aztec
5. Aztec days
6. Live like an Aztec
7. The cunning conquistadors
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations throughout from Martin Brown.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Just imagine burying your dead folks under your living room!? And the Maya finding cross-eyed children cute and having a way to make them so. This book has a lot of fun details, among the details of not so cute history. And this book should be taught in every school. Not only because it's fun and humorous, although it adds to the danger of children actually learning something. More because of this author's way of looking at historical "facts" and changes of time. It can be so hard to find books you want your young to read, you don't want them to judge without knowing the facts, you don't want them to assume that progress of time is in straight line forward only for the better, or always good. Here I think we have a book we can trust with our young minds. They might even develop thinking! And while you're at it, take the more harmless funny "facts" and tell to your very young, they will laugh too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fantastic way to learn about history. Tells you all the facts that your teachers don't! My son got into these after watching it on CBBC. Very informative and factual, can't wait to collect them all.
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Great fun for all history lovers!!!
Plain and witty. As usual Terry Deary writes about lots of facts, which are curious, sometimes funny, horrible nut most of all always very interesting.
Published 17 months ago by Mario
I hate 'The Angry Aztecs'!
I think it's fair to say that this book is positively riddled with distortions, exaggerations, factual errors and a persistent emphasis on everything negative; whilst none are... Read more
Published on 11 April 2010 by I. D. Mursell
excellent value/good history fun
very good value, my son rarely puts this book down. bought it for him as he is learning about aztecs at school and thought it would help him. very fun way to learn about history.
Published on 21 Nov 2009 by S. Butler
this book is so funny and so cool
the angry aztecs was my first terry derry book in fact it was my first book i really ever enjoyed because it was really funny and there was horrible facts in there too and at the... Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2001 by leanne.sheridan@ireland.com
One of the many books I've got by Terry Deary
I liked this book a lot and it only took me 1 week to read, because when I started to read it I just couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2001
I thought that this book was brilliant and funny
I really enjoyed this book. I had done a school project on the Aztecs, but I found that this book gave a lot more imformation. Read more
Published on 11 April 2000
My views on the Angry Aztecs book.
I am a member of the Horrible Club and this was one of the books I read. I gave it 4/5 because it's a wee bit gory. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2000
This book is one of my favourite from the whole set.
I thought that this book was a fabulous one. When I bought it I thought"This is a funny book!"
Published on 8 Feb 1999
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