The Groovy Greeks (Horrible Histories Collections, #2) (Horrible History) (Horrible Histories)

by Terry Deary

Martin Brown (Illustrator)

History with twice the nasty bits| Want to know: Why dedicated Greek doctors tasted their patients' ear wax? What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts? Who had the world's first flushing toilet? The Groovy Greeks is full of fab facts about the hip 'n' happenin' Greeks - who used to hang out over 2,000 years ago| Find out about horrible heroes, phoolish philosophers and suffering slaves. The Rotten Romans follows life for folk in Roman times, from Nasty Nero and other evil emperors to brave Brit Boudicca and the poor old peasants, who tried to send the Romans right back where they came from. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for your teacher| History has never been so horrible|

• ISBN10: 0439973325
• ISBN13: 9780439973328
• Publish Date: 19 September 2003 (first published 1 March 1997)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 25 February 2010
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Scholastic
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[MurderByDeath]

Eh.  Gross overuse of the word "Groovy" in the Greek part, and generally not as well laid out as the HH on World War I.  For me, that is.  For the teens it was written for, and as a teaching aid, it's great.  A lot of quizzes that were far more interesting than any I had to take in school during world history class.  I especially liked the sections where they described how to play the games of ancient Greece and/or Rome, and the sample Roman menu is a great idea of you're reading this with teens.  I personally plan on making a camera obscura with my niece one of these days.   As always for me, the cartoons in these books are the best bits.