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Horrible Histories: The Frightful First World War (BBC Radio Collection) | 
 enlarge | Author: Terry Deary
Creator: Nick Baker
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 21393
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0563523182
EAN: 9780563523185
ASIN: 0563523182
Publication Date: June 7, 2004
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4 out of 4 found this review helpful
`The Frightful First World War tells you all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last for four months...but ground on for four grim years.'
The usual Deary humour flows through the 136 pages packed with facts, written in a variety of fonts and full of black and white illustrations and cartoons, from Martin Brown.
`Want to know how sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War?'
Read on!
Split into 5 chapters:-
1914 - The year of the first shot
1915 - The year of total war
1916 - The year of the Somme
1917 - The year of the mud
1918 - The year of exhaustion
with an introduction, a `Test Your Teacher' section
and an epilogue.
Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and much more.
History has never been so horrible!'
`Why did the Great War start?
Lots of big, thick history books have been written to answer that question. But, to put it simply, by 1914 the countries of Europe had formed themselves into two big gangs.......like street gangs.
The gang called the `Central Powers' were led by the Germans and
the gang we call the `Allies' were led by the French and British.
The two gangs started collecting weapons, making threats and swapping insults, the way gangs do.
All it needed was for one gang member to throw the first stone and a huge punch-up would follow.....'
So exactly HOW did the First World War start?
It's never one of the gang leaders that starts the fight, is it?
It's always one of the scruffy little kids that hangs around the edge.
In this case the scruffy little kid was called Bosnia in the Allies' gang.....'
Frightfully good!! November 27, 2006
Helen Simpson (Leeds, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
History as it should be taught. There are all kinds of interesting facts that appeal to our disgustable (yes I know that's not really a word) sense of interest as humans. The cause of war, who was allies with whom, and why we hoped it would never happen again makes so much sense when read like this.
A book for children? No. A book for everyone! Everyone who likes to learn facts and be entertained at the same time.
Through wit, humour and true stories the author manages to make the First World War both interesting and poignant.
A Brilliant Way to Learn, and Retain, Historical Knowledge! July 13, 2004
Amazon Reviewer
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
'We're in because we're in because we're in!'
'Dire details about fierce flies, loathsome lice, foul food and Dick, the plane-spotting chicken.'
An ace CD - Relive the terrors, and the triumphs of the First World War!
Approx 1 hour running time.
The usual Deary humour adds a bit of light to a difficult subject to be humorous about!
Brilliant! June 20, 2004
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
The First World War isn't an easy subject to inject humour into, but this Horrible Histories audiobook does it admirably, without ever becoming tasteless. These audio productions are wonderfully written and performed - more please!
A Funny Fantastic Horrible History July 30, 2001
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
When I first heard of this book I thought wow I have to read this and now I have read it I would recommend this book to anybody.It is about the first and second world war and tells you facts in a funny way.The illustrations are clever,funny and amusing.Before I hardly knew anything about the first and second world war,but now I know so much my brain is overloaded.They give you facts,stories and questions to answer.This is a great book,so quickly go and read it.
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