Foul Facts History The Awful Truth Author:Amber Grayson, Jamie Stokes How Awful! Captain Low, a legendary English pirate, cut off the lips of another man and fried them. — The ancient Egyptian cure for bad eyesight was ground-up pigs' eyes put inside the patient's ear. — The first emporor of China burned everyone's books and buried alive the people who wrote them. — The Aztecs kept skull racks for the heads of their... more » sacrificial victims.
Roman women wore make-up containing lead, which slowly poisoned them.
If you thought history was dull, here's a book to change your mind! With all the gruesome bits left in, you'll learn about ruthless pirates, vicious vikings, mucky Medievals, awful Aztecs, suspicious spies and lots more you never dreamed about.