Historical Heroes: Wickedly Funny Profiles of Six Time-Honored Megastars!

Historical Heroes lifts the lid on the lives and times of six historical figures, including Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc and Charles Darwin. The hilarious text is accompanied by colour cartoons and provides an alternative look at history. Young readers aged 11+ will delight in discovering secrets such as the inspiration for Shakepeare s plays. Each biography is crammed with well-known facts as well as some lesser-known gems, and provides a highly entertaining reading experience. Historical Heroes lifts the lid on the lives and times of six historical figures, including Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc and Charles Darwin for children aged 10+. The text is accompanied by colour cartoons and provides an alternative look at history. Readers will delight in discovering secrets such as the inspiration for Shakepeare's plays. Each biography is crammed with well-known facts as well as some lesser-known gems, and provides a highly entertaining reading experience. Delve into the lives of six of history's most celebrated personalities with these outrageously funny biographies. Discover the secret inspiration for Shakespeare's plays, how Caesar made a fatal mistake and why barnacles were key to Darwin's theory of evolution. Illustrated with color cartoons and bursting with facts, these humorous accounts prove that the truth really is stranger than fiction Includes short, humorous biographies of six of history's most celebrated personalities: Tutankhamun, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Charles Darwin, and William Shakespeare. Discover the secret inspiration for Shakespeare's plays, how Caesar made a fatal mistake, why barnacles were key to Darwin's theory of evolution, and more