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The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed

Justin Pollard

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Description:Did you give your school history lessons your undivided attention?Even if you did, you're probably none the wiser as to how exactly Henry II of France came to have a two-foot splinter in his head, or why Alexandra of Bavaria believed she had swallowed a piano. Or where terms like bunkum, maverick, John Bull and taking the mickey come from; or how the Tsarina of Russia once saved a life with a comma; or why Robert Pate hit Queen Victoria on the head with a walking stick.For some unknown reason, the most interesting bits of history are kept out of lessons and away from syllabuses. Relegated to history's footnotes, they lie buried beneath the dense text like a few golden nuggets in a mountain of granite.Now "The Interesting Bits" rights this wrong; it is a veritable treasure trove of those surprising, eccentric, chaotic, baffling asides that don't fit neatly into history's official narrative.They are history's little-known treasures - the gems that generations of teachers have excised from lessons on the grounds that they might make history too much like - well - fun.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed. To get started finding The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2007

ISBN: 0719524202

Description: Did you give your school history lessons your undivided attention?Even if you did, you're probably none the wiser as to how exactly Henry II of France came to have a two-foot splinter in his head, or why Alexandra of Bavaria believed she had swallowed a piano. Or where terms like bunkum, maverick, John Bull and taking the mickey come from; or how the Tsarina of Russia once saved a life with a comma; or why Robert Pate hit Queen Victoria on the head with a walking stick.For some unknown reason, the most interesting bits of history are kept out of lessons and away from syllabuses. Relegated to history's footnotes, they lie buried beneath the dense text like a few golden nuggets in a mountain of granite.Now "The Interesting Bits" rights this wrong; it is a veritable treasure trove of those surprising, eccentric, chaotic, baffling asides that don't fit neatly into history's official narrative.They are history's little-known treasures - the gems that generations of teachers have excised from lessons on the grounds that they might make history too much like - well - fun.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed. To get started finding The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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