Product Description

The gorgeous Georgians may have loved preening in mirrors and prancing about in powdered wigs and pantaloons, but trust us - they were really rotten underneath! From lords and ladies' sneaky schemes for hiding their personal hygiene problems to the horrible hardships suffered by the poor, find out the REAL story. It's got horrible highwaymen, raging revolutions, plundering pirates, and guys wearing wigs and make-up. Plus the schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers! It's better than Hollywood - and _muchmore horrible!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75553 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

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`The Gorgeous Georgians tells you about the people who lived in these riotous times.
Find out about lords and ladies with a personal hygiene problem, outrageous outlaws and pitiful peasants.

......The posh Georgians in Britain sent people to 'Parliament' to argue with the king..............
... King George I didn't do a lot of arguing with his Parliament because he hardly spoke any English.
He gave a lot of presents and power to the Whigs and they ruled the country for him.
The Tories hated George I - they only supported him because they thought he was better than the Catholic James Stuart.
Even the Whigs didn't like him much!
Parliament now had power!
There were more Lords' sons in the House of Commons than any other group.....

Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests.........for your teacher!
History has never been so horrible!'

A witty, colourful cover opens to 129 pages, split over 11 chapters:-

Timeline
Gorgeous Georgians
Gorging Georgians
Top of the class
Gruesome Georgians
Bodies for sale
Quaint quack doctors
Gory Georgian fun and games
Wacky Georgian words
Rotten revolutions
Test your teacher

with an introduction and an epilogue.

Written with the typical Deary humour, in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.