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History's Most Epic Fibs: Discover the truth behind the world’s biggest historical whoppers
Uncover some of history's most EPIC FIBS and separate the FACTS from the historical fake news.
History is full of legendary battles, brave explorers, mighty kings and queens and epic stories passed down through the ages. But how much of what we THINK we know about history is true? And how much is just an EPIC FIB? Athena Kugblenu - comedian, podcaster and writer on CBBC's Horrible Histories - discovers the truth that lies behind the tall tales.
From revealing that Vikings never really wore horned helmets and that famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra wasn't actually, erm, Egyptian, to unravelling the mysteries behind the 'lost' city of Atlantis and uncovering the historical figures who lied for money, power, influence - or just to be super famous.
With fun and dynamic illustrations included throughout, History's Most Epic Fibs separates the truth from the historical whoppers and shows that when it comes to history, things aren't always what they seem ...
History is full of legendary battles, brave explorers, mighty kings and queens and epic stories passed down through the ages. But how much of what we THINK we know about history is true? And how much is just an EPIC FIB? Athena Kugblenu - comedian, podcaster and writer on CBBC's Horrible Histories - discovers the truth that lies behind the tall tales.
From revealing that Vikings never really wore horned helmets and that famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra wasn't actually, erm, Egyptian, to unravelling the mysteries behind the 'lost' city of Atlantis and uncovering the historical figures who lied for money, power, influence - or just to be super famous.
With fun and dynamic illustrations included throughout, History's Most Epic Fibs separates the truth from the historical whoppers and shows that when it comes to history, things aren't always what they seem ...
235 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 12, 2024
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February 24, 2026
I thought that this was an excellent book to read!
The book was well written and it was easy to read and understand and I loved the way that the stories were told.
I am a huge fan of history myself and my daughter is following in my footsteps with her interests. I loved the length of the chapters with it laid out as a brief few pages at most for each fib.
I liked that the reason why it was a fib was added, along with a rating between 105 of how fib/damaging a fib it was.
It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!
The book was well written and it was easy to read and understand and I loved the way that the stories were told.
I am a huge fan of history myself and my daughter is following in my footsteps with her interests. I loved the length of the chapters with it laid out as a brief few pages at most for each fib.
I liked that the reason why it was a fib was added, along with a rating between 105 of how fib/damaging a fib it was.
It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!
September 22, 2024
A fun, interesting read certain to educate and change people’s thinking. I love the layout of this book making it easy to read each fib and the funny illustrations that accompany them helps the facts to stick better.
A fun non fiction read for middle grade readers.
Thank you NetGalley and Hachette children’s publishers for my arc.
A fun non fiction read for middle grade readers.
Thank you NetGalley and Hachette children’s publishers for my arc.
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