History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Smashing Saxons' tells you the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans. 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? Read on for foul facts on cut-throat kings, disgusting diseases and ghastly graves. History has never been so horrible!