Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
Language: English
Published by Orion Publishing Co, 2022
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A roller coaster ride through history revealing the best facts, figures, stories and characters from ancient times to today.
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- Title
- Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know
- Author
- Greg Jenner
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1474618626
- ISBN 13
- 9781474618625
'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI
'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRIS
Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?
Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through history from the Stone Age to the Swinging Sixties, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts and historical characters from the past. From ancient joke books, African empires and the invention of meringues, to mummies, mirrors and menstrual pads - Ask A Historian is a deliciously amusing and informative smorgasbord of historical curiosities.
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