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297 pages : colour illustrations First published in the UK as The mad miscellany by Scholastic Ltd., 2004 Contents: Awful for animals -- Gruesome games -- Putrid pirates -- Awful assassins -- Funny fashions -- Victorian slang -- Deadly duels -- Foul feasting -- Suffering sickness Summary: History with the nasty bits left in! Who was assassinated with a poison-tipped umbrella? Which famous rulers through history were left-handed? How did the ancient Egyptians attempt to cure diarrhoea? Find out all this and more in this horrible book of foul facts - all the dreadful details you'll ever need to know! Horrible histories