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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: \* who got cow pats as Christmas presents? \* why wearing a pig on your head is lucky? \* how to make a dead Saxon happy? Discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons \- all the gore and more!
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Blood guts, chaos and violence-i love it. Go and buy it as it teaches you the history of the early english in a very clear and fun way (not just for kids)Dont listen to modern society, the saxons werent just nasty invaders, they were the ancestors that created small kingdoms out of what was left of Roman Britain that became known as England (and it was named after the invading angles from Denmark (often called Saxons by the Britons) also spelled Engles,and England means 'Land of the Engles', get it?, were not really British, its a lie!!!. And the normans werent french they were descended from viking invaders from Denmark (the same place as the angles, so were all related really) Learn all about the Negative side of the saxon and norman invasions/settlement as well as some laws that make far more sense then our modern laws. Our government could learn how to run a country better from this book. To learn more Positively on our ancestors try 'A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons'.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Smashing Saxons tells you the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans.....
No baked beans, no chocolate, no chips. Would you really liked to have lived in those days?
Like most other ages in horrible history a lot might depend on whether you were a rich noble or a pathetic peasant.....for example.....'
Read on for foul facts on cut-throat kings, disgusting diseases and ghastly graves.
Find out how to make like a monk with silent signals, be the judge in a Saxon criminal court, and solve 1000-year-old riddles.
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 128 pages, split over 14 chapters:-
* Timeline
* The Saxon start
* Superstitious Saxons
* Awesome Arthur
* Naughty nuns and mischievous monks
* Saxon skills
* Awful Offa, Alf and Ath
* Woeful for women
* Saxon scoffers
* Curious cures
* Ethelred the Ready for Beddy
* Saxon crime and punishment
* Vile verse
* Pester your parents
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.
'History with the nasty bits left in!'
No baked beans, no chocolate, no chips. Would you really liked to have lived in those days?
Like most other ages in horrible history a lot might depend on whether you were a rich noble or a pathetic peasant.....for example.....'
Read on for foul facts on cut-throat kings, disgusting diseases and ghastly graves.
Find out how to make like a monk with silent signals, be the judge in a Saxon criminal court, and solve 1000-year-old riddles.
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 128 pages, split over 14 chapters:-
* Timeline
* The Saxon start
* Superstitious Saxons
* Awesome Arthur
* Naughty nuns and mischievous monks
* Saxon skills
* Awful Offa, Alf and Ath
* Woeful for women
* Saxon scoffers
* Curious cures
* Ethelred the Ready for Beddy
* Saxon crime and punishment
* Vile verse
* Pester your parents
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour, in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.
'History with the nasty bits left in!'
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was one of my school books and I really enjoyed it. It tells you all the disgusting facts you need to know about the Saxon people and rulers (not the ones you use at school!). I enjoyed reading about all the gory facts and punishments, like cutting off hands and gouging out eyes! - thank goodness they don't rule now. I'd recommend this book to everyone except the Saxons!
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Great read
product was in mint condition, delivery was very efficient, made a great stocking filler for my child,educational and fun at the same time, would highly recommend these books :)
Published 5 months ago by wiccawitch
great childrens stories and educational
these series of books are great educational value to young children and makes history fun. Anything that can keep my grandchildren rapt up for so long has to be good.
Published on 16 Feb 2010 by Mrs. E. V. Blinman-hendy
Smashing Saxons
Smashing I tell you! Really useful, if you are working on the saxons of course.
Published on 10 Jun 2009
Not smashing but still about the saxons
Find out who got cow pats as Christmas presents and why wearing a pig on your head is lucky and how to make a dead Saxon happy? Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2009
Smashing Saxons AND Stormin' Normans: Two Horribl
I came in search of Normans and found nonsense. Nonsense is fine said the knave as it may be fun, but in truth fun is just Norman nonsense. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2008 by Mark Le Sueur
Misleading twaddle.
To excuse this rubbish on the basis that's it's for children who otherwise wouldn't read about the so-called dull subject of history is no excuse for such nonsense. Read more
Published on 12 April 2008 by Joe Bloggs
Fun to read, but wrong about the Saxon name.
The Smashing Saxons, a good laugh, as are the other titles in the Horrible Histories series. Just one little gripe though. Read more
Published on 20 July 2001
That was a great book!
The Smashing Saxons was well, smashing. It was great! (but some of it you wouldn't like if you were a vegetarian, e. Read more
Published on 8 May 2001
Better the first time.
I got this book last christmas and enjoyed it. Before I read the book I did not know anything about these insane people but now I do. Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2000
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