- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic (17 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439997135
- ISBN-13: 978-0439997133
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 386,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This work allows the reader to find out why sniffing your own urine could save your life in the World War I, how wearing white underpants could kill you in the World War II, and how a pair of old socks gave away top secrets.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'The Frightful First World War tells you all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last for four months...but ground on for four grim years.'
The usual Deary humour flows through the 136 pages packed with facts, written in a variety of fonts and full of black and white illustrations and cartoons, from Martin Brown.
'Want to know how sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War?'
Read on!
Split into 5 chapters:-
1914 - The year of the first shot
1915 - The year of total war
1916 - The year of the Somme
1917 - The year of the mud
1918 - The year of exhaustion
with an introduction, a `Test Your Teacher' section
and an epilogue.
Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and much more.
History has never been so horrible!'
'Why did the Great War start?
Lots of big, thick history books have been written to answer that question.
But, to put it simply, by 1914 the countries of Europe had formed themselves into two big gangs.......like street gangs.
The gang called the `Central Powers' were led by the Germans and
the gang we call the `Allies' were led by the French and British.
The two gangs started collecting weapons, making threats and swapping insults, the way gangs do.
All it needed was for one gang member to throw the first stone and a huge punch-up would follow.....'
So exactly HOW did the First World War start?
It's never one of the gang leaders that starts the fight, is it?
It's always one of the scruffy little kids that hangs around the edge.
In this case the scruffy little kid was called Bosnia in the Allies' gang.....'
Also available with The Woeful Second World War, as a more economical two titles under one cover edition:-
The Frightful First World War AND the Woeful Second World War
The usual Deary humour flows through the 136 pages packed with facts, written in a variety of fonts and full of black and white illustrations and cartoons, from Martin Brown.
'Want to know how sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War?'
Read on!
Split into 5 chapters:-
1914 - The year of the first shot
1915 - The year of total war
1916 - The year of the Somme
1917 - The year of the mud
1918 - The year of exhaustion
with an introduction, a `Test Your Teacher' section
and an epilogue.
Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and much more.
History has never been so horrible!'
'Why did the Great War start?
Lots of big, thick history books have been written to answer that question.
But, to put it simply, by 1914 the countries of Europe had formed themselves into two big gangs.......like street gangs.
The gang called the `Central Powers' were led by the Germans and
the gang we call the `Allies' were led by the French and British.
The two gangs started collecting weapons, making threats and swapping insults, the way gangs do.
All it needed was for one gang member to throw the first stone and a huge punch-up would follow.....'
So exactly HOW did the First World War start?
It's never one of the gang leaders that starts the fight, is it?
It's always one of the scruffy little kids that hangs around the edge.
In this case the scruffy little kid was called Bosnia in the Allies' gang.....'
Also available with The Woeful Second World War, as a more economical two titles under one cover edition:-
The Frightful First World War AND the Woeful Second World War
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The First World War isn't an easy subject to inject humour into, but this Horrible Histories audiobook does it admirably, without ever becoming tasteless. These audio productions are wonderfully written and performed - more please!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It puts all the facts in a way that is easy to understand, as well as being very interesting and extremely funny. Impossible to put down! Kim Barea, Gib
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