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You Wouldn't Want To Be An Anglo-Saxon Peasant!

Jacqueline Morley author Morley, Jacqueline author David Antram illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bonnier Books Ltd

Publishing:2nd Jan '25

£6.99

This title is due to be published on 2nd January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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Discover the lives of Anglo-Saxon peasants in this hilarious history read, perfect for children 7-9 years old.

You're a farmer's son living in England in the early 7th century. Your people are descendants of invaders from Northern Europe: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, who arrived about 200 years earlier, seized land from the native Britons and made themselves at home here. You will experience first-hand the culture and history of the Anglo-Saxon peoples, including how they survived, ate and dressed, the stories they told, and how they responded to the coming of Christianity. Life is tough, and you'll soon discover that you really wouldn't want to be an Anglo-Saxon peasant!

The ever-popular 'You Wouldn't Want to Be' series transports readers to some of the grisliest times and places in history, perfect for reluctant readers! The humorous, first-person narrative approach places children directly in the shoes of some of history's most unfortunate people ever to have lived, great for engaging students with the history curriculum and encouraging further non-fiction reading.

ISBN: 9781835871461

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

32 pages