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Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind the Victorians Peter Hepplewhite

Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind the Victorians par Peter Hepplewhite

Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind the Victorians Peter Hepplewhite

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Résumé

Is everything you hear about the Victorians true? This book will teach you how not to be a sucker!

Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind the Victorians Résumé

Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind the Victorians Peter Hepplewhite

True or false?
Queen Victoria was not amused!
Victorian girls glowed in the dark!
Boys in Victorian times wore frilly dresses
The Victorians were obsessed with ghosts

Find out in this book, which explores the Victorian era, its children, rules, schools, workhouses, jobs, famous people and inventions. It examines the facts and myths about Victorian times and reveals loads of fascinating information about the Victorian era that will surprise and amaze you!

The Truth or Busted series explores the fact or fiction behind stuff you THINK you know in a tongue-in-cheek, humorous way that kids will find unputdownable!

À propos de Peter Hepplewhite

Peter Hepplewhite is an experienced writer of children's history and has taught the subject for many years. He is currently the Education Officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service.

Sommaire

  • 1: Queen Victorian was not amused
  • 2: Wild Victorians: Victoria in love
  • 3: Queen Victoria blamed her son for Albert's death!
  • 4: Gladstone was a mad prime minister
  • 5: Dracula was a Victorian monster
  • 6: Victorians were spooked by ghosts
  • 7: George Stephenson was a reckless driver
  • 8: The Victorian dead travelled by train
  • 9: The Victorians wired up the world
  • 10: Greenwich Mean Time meant people lost 10 minutes of their lives
  • 11: A London Particular was a nourishing meal
  • 12: Victorian girls glowed in the dark
  • 13: Having a baby was more dangerous than working in a coal mine
  • 14: Victorian boys wore dresses
  • 15: Dog poo was pure gold in Victorian times!
  • 16: In Scotland sheep were more important than people

Informations supplémentaires

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9780750297448
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Truth or Busted: The Fact or Fiction Behind the Victorians Peter Hepplewhite
Peter Hepplewhite
Truth or Busted
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Hachette Children's Group
20160414
96
N/A
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