Bibliograph

Barmy British Empire, Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown

Type

Label

Barmy British Empire, Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Barmy British Empire

Oclc number

967778249

Responsibility statement

Terry Deary ; illustrated by Martin Brown

Series statement

Horrible histories

Summary

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire, including how a war started when a Brit was sitting on a stool, who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls and why a British soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Terrible timeline -- Early empire -- Savage slavers -- Incredible India -- Empress's quick eastern quiz -- Dreadful down under -- Awful for animals -- Gruesome games and sick sports -- Heroes of the British Empire -- Nasty natives

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor