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Terry Deary
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Pages: 144 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1407104187
Pub: Scholastic
Pub date: 2007-10-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 115737
Reader Reviews:
Smashing Saxons AND Stormin' Normans: Two Horribl (0/0 people found this helpful)
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.
Sorry Saxons, it was not for me.
Misleading twaddle. (0/2 people found this helpful)
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. These people were our early English ancestors, though by saying they "bashed the Brits" only reinforces the notion that they have no connection to the English who for some strange reason insist on regarding and calling themselves "British" The word "British" derives from the name of the Brythonic Celtic tribes that inhabited these islands when the Romans arrived, hence their name for this country was "Brittania". Several centuries later the Romans left and our ancestors arrived. They gave their name, language and culture to this country - all of which we should be immensely proud of, as we should the name "English". Teaching our children that our ancestors were a bunch of bone-headed savages is disgraceful and misleading. I suggest that you take your children to West Stow Anglo-Saxon village or Sutton Hoo. They'll learn much more about their early English ancestors than they ever will from this nonsense.
MEET THE ANCESTORS (1/1 people found this helpful)
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'.
HOT OFF THE PRESS - REPRINTED EDITION with a NEW COVER (0/0 people found this helpful)
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.....
History with the nasty bits left in!'
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.
'The Smashing Saxons tells you the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits ...' (0/0 people found this helpful)
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.....
History with the nasty bits left in!'
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.
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