Liss
DNF'd this at about 80%. I remember the Horrible Histories books as being educational while managing to still be interesting to a child who at the time, couldn't care less. It is with those memories that I find myself disappointed with this take on British history.
While it starts off interesting, although Terry is unable to keep his political opinions or bias out of it, it proceeds to gloss over major events as 'things that happen for no reason and we certainly won't look into it'.
The book looks to be a pathetic excusing of the state of the UK today. "Britain is always being invaded, and technically the natives are extinct now, so why care about the current situation?" Also Britain deserves it because empire bad. It would be interesting to see him make a similar book on Japan, Mali, Mongolia, or any non-European country that did some dirty empire dealings. I'm guessing we won't get such a book however.
DNF'd this at about 80%. I remember the Horrible Histories books as being educational while managing to still be interesting to a child who at the time, couldn't care less. It is with those memories that I find myself disappointed with this take on British history.
While it starts off interesting, although Terry is unable to keep his political opinions or bias out of it, it proceeds to gloss over major events as 'things that happen for no reason and we certainly won't look into it'.
The book looks to be a pathetic excusing of the state of the UK today. "Britain is always being invaded, and technically the natives are extinct now, so why care about the current situation?" Also Britain deserves it because empire bad. It would be interesting to see him make a similar book on Japan, Mali, Mongolia, or any non-European country that did some dirty empire dealings. I'm guessing we won't get such a book however.