''If you could take just one history book to a desert island, this would be it'' Conn Iggulden
From the bestselling author of the much-loved and ridiculously funny Horrible Histories series comes a side-splitting, offbeat journey through the lesser-known aspects of British history.
Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on earth, some say. And we did it all on our own. Didn-t we?
Well... not quite.
As it happens Britannia got its name from the Romans, and for the past two centuries we have been ruled by Germans. As Horrible Histories author Terry Deary argues, nations and their leaders are defined by the enemies they make.
- Elizabeth I would count as a minor royal without the Spanish Armada
- Without the Nazis, Churchill would be remembered as an opposition windbag
- The surprisingly sadistic Boudica would be forgotten if it weren''t for the Roman Ninth Legion
And after all, every nation somet
