What they don't tell you about Anglo-Saxons - Bob Fowke

Did you know that Saxon law didn't allow you to eat hens which had drunk human blood?

The Anglo-Saxons feasted, fought and burnt the cakes, they sang songs and told tales, they drank too much, sacrificed humans and dealt out a particularly painful punishments. Any history book will give you the boring facts THEY think you should know, but only this one will tell you what the Anglo-Saxons were REALLY like ...

Bob has written/co-written fifteen of the eighteen 'What They Don't Tell You About' series and always produces interesting text and lively, humorous illustrations. He is the author of 'Who's Who in British History' and 'Who's Who in Science and Technology', as well as the four 'Who? What? When?' books; 'Tudors', 'Victorians', 'World War I' and 'World War II'.

They provide a 'way in' for less confident readers and whet the appetite of history-phobes.
Literacy & Learning

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