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The Slimy Stuarts (Horrible Histories)

The Slimy Stuarts (Horrible Histories)
By Terry Deary

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #476514 in Books
  • Published on: 1996-03-15
  • Format: Illustrated
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

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Synopsis
This history book describes the more gruesome side of the Stuart period. It tells why some Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas, which king picked his nose and never washed his hands, and who wore fish on their feet. Facts about the revolting Roundheads and ghastly Guy Fawkes are given.

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`The Slimy Stuarts tells you the foul, funny and fascinating facts about life for everyone in Stuart times,4
from gibbering James I to suffering school children and cunning criminals.

Want to know:-

why some slimy Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas?
which king picked his nose and never washed his hands?
why people wore fish on their feet?

Read on for some awful information about revolting Roundheads, terrifying torture and the perilous plague.
Find out the gruesome truth about ghastly Guy Fawkes, and some tragic tales of woeful women accused of witchcraft.
History with the nasty bits left in!
History has never been so horrible!'

A witty, colourful cover opens to 127 pages, split over 19 chapters:-

Slimy Stuart timeline
Slimy James I
Curious cures
Charles I
The Civil War
The spooky Stuarts
Test your teacher
Sickly Stuart snacks
Charles II
Fire and plague
James II
Slimy Stuart crime
Painful punishments
William and Mary
Slimy Stuart facts
Stuart women and children
Talk like a Stuart
Stuart fun and games
Queen Anne

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.

very descrptive and funny5
the slimy stuarts is a very grusome book and makes facts fun.A brilliant book.

its really intresting.5
its full of funny facts.did you know 1 king picked his nose!It shows you how to make stuart recipes.And tells you about kings and queens.Did you know Stuarts put chicken in their Christmas pudding(!)They have funny cartoons on every page.