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Deary, Terry

The Wicked History of the World: History with the Nasty Bits Left In!

97 pp. | Scholastic | September, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-439-87786-5 $10.99
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Martin Brown. This book has a deliberately sensational emphasis on barbaric details. Cruelty, torture, killing, and other villainous behaviors are described and illustrated to appeal to youngsters' sense of the ghoulish. Realistically awful factual material is made goofy by the cartoon art. An epilogue asks readers to ponder history's lessons.
Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo

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