Greeks

By Sir Tony Robinson

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Greeks, 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 the Greeks! It's history, but not as we know it!

Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book, including:

- Why the ancient Greeks were mad about olive oil

- Who Pythagoras was

- Why Alexander the Great named a city after his horse, Bucephalus, and

- How the Greeks invented the first computer, vending machine and death-ray

For more funny history facts discover Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Egyptians.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Aug 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781447213987

Sir Tony Robinson

Sir Tony Robinson is most famous for playing the role of Baldrick in Blackadder but he made his first professional appearance at the age of thirteen in the original stage version of Oliver! and went on to appear with the Chichester Festival Theatre, the RSC and the National Theatre. He wrote and starred in Maid Marian And Her Merry Men, and presented Time Team for twenty years. He has made numerous factual series, including The Worst Jobs In History and Tony Robinson's Time Walks. He is a multi award-winning children's television writer and has authored many children's books including the history series Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders. He has also written several books for adults.

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