Title The barmy British empire / Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown

Edition New edition Published London : Scholastic, 2008

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	909 Hhi/Bbe 2008		AVAILABLE

Description 139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm Series Horrible histories Horrible histories. Summary It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: How a war started when a Brit insisted on sitting on a stool? Who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls? Why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe? Discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire - all the gore and more! Notes Previous ed.: London: Hippo, 2002 SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645 -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Author Brown, Martin, 1959- ISBN 1407104217 (paperback) 9781407104218 (paperback)

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