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Killer History : A Gruesome and Grisly Trip Through the Past by Clive Gifford (2013, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherReader's Digest Association, Incorporated, T.H.E.

ISBN-101621450295

ISBN-139781621450290

eBay Product ID (ePID)117210326

Product Key Features

Book TitleKiller History : a Gruesome and Grisly Trip Through the Past

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicSocial Topics / Death & Dying, Reference / General, History / General

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorClive Gifford

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight8.2 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromFourth Grade

Grade ToSixth Grade

Dewey Decimal306.909

SynopsisA gruesome and grisly trip through the past, Killer History explores the tradition, customs and fascinating stories that pertain to death, including burial customs, weapons, capital punishment and epidemics. Some kids are natural bookworms and others you have to chase down with a book. But every kid, even the ones that scowl when you say "read" will devour this mega mix of history's grisly stories. From all corners of the globe and dating back to ancient Egypt, this book leaves no tombstone unturned to deliver a glimpse at some of the weirdest traditions, most gruesome methods, craziest causes, and most fascinating facts surrounding death in history. Kids will discover: The ancient Egyptians didn't mummify and bury their dead alone. Oh, no. They also entombed cats, dogs, hippos, crocodiles, and even beetles with their dearly departed. As queen, Marie-Antoinette lost her head for all the fine things France had to offer, and she delighted in them as the country grew poorer and poorer. When the revolution came, she literally lost her head for her frivolity. The guillotine was used for almost 200 years in France. It was the cutting edge of death technology when it was invented in 1792 and stayed in style until 1977. History's most surprising murder weapons The top-ten potent poisons The worst epidemics in history