Snapping Turtle Guides
14 total works
A short history of life in the middle ages. This book colourfully illustrated with many contemporary medieval paintings, brings the period vividly to life. It shows the everyday lives of rich and poor alike, from the humble peasant in his cottage to the lord of the manor in his castle. Explore amongst others the cruelty of medieval warfare, the role of the church in society and the norman conquest.
The Victorian era saw Britian rise to become the richest and most powerful nation the world has ever seen. It was an age of great change with new technology gowning at an alarming rate, but there was another side to life, the poverty and misery that went hand-in-hand with all these changes. This book shows what life was really like in the days of the height of the British Empire.
Illustrated throughout, this educational boo k sets out to remove the myths that surround Elizabeth''s rei gn and explain, with specially commissioned maps, how the En glish defeated the Spanish Armada. '
A short history of life in the 16th and 17th centuries under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. This facinating book covers all the important events that changed the course of history, including Henry VIII's divorce and establishment of the Church of England, the colonisation of America and the Civil War between the Roundheads and Cavaliers. Covering the daily lives of ordinary people to Sir Francis Drake's adventures on the high seas
Each title in this series explores the key information required by the National Curriculum for the study of the subject. Information packed, the dip-in dip-out text that is levelled to reading age eight years, is supported by contemporary photographic imagery.
The Great Explorers series presents an exami nation of the development of exploration through the ages. E ach book centres on a key historical figure, comparing and c ontrasting that figure with his contemporaries. '
Linked to the National Curriculum, Key Stage 2, this book gives a detailed look at the reign of one of B ritain''s most important and influential monarchs. Each of th e 15 chapters provides a different view on Victoria''s life a nd the Industrial Revolution. '
The books in this series offer a worldwide p erspective of popular subjects. Designed for children and ad ults, each book contains original colour photographs and ill ustrations '
The changing styles in fashion, defeat of th e French at Waterloo and Trafalgar, the Jacobite Rising, adv ances in medicine, changes in the penal system, and more, ar e brought to life in this accessible, fun and informative bo ok on Georgian life. '