Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II was the winner of Best Book with Facts in the 2014 Blue Peter Book Awards, voted for by children.
In this bind-up Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I and World War II. It's history, but not as we know it!
Find out everything you need to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book, including:
- How to build a trench
- Why dogs were such good messengers
- How plastic surgery was invented
- Why you needed a gas mask
- Just how useful mashed potato is
- How the Battle of Britain was won
- What it takes to be a spy
- How D-Day was kept a surprise
Author Biography
Sir Tony Robinson has written many books on historical subjects, including Tony Robinson's Kings and Queens and The Worst Children's Jobs in History, and the Weird World of Wonders series. He has written several television series for children, including Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, for which he received a BAFTA and a Royal Television Award. He presented Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team for twenty years and played Baldrick in Blackadder.
