An enthralling and hilarious journey through globalhistory in 400 connected facts!

In this blast-from-the-past adventure youll discoverhundreds of the most mind-blowing facts from history:

• Hidden tombs

• Ghostly ships

• Boiled vipers

• Samurai warriors

• Snow machines

• Pet lions

• Hidden pyramids

• Secret codes

• Flaming fireballs

• Wooden swimsuits

• Sparkling jewels

Many more facts are all woven together in this ingenious webof connected facts, and there isnt just one trail through these facts.Sometimes your path branches, and you can choose to fast forward or rewind to acompletely different (but still connected) part of history.

Where will your curiosity take you?

Every fact in the book has been verified by EncyclopaediaBritannica

About The Author

Andy Smith is an award-winning illustrator, andstudied illustration at the University of Brighton and the Royal College ofArt, London. His work combines illustration and typography to create imagesthat have humour, energy and optimism executed with a handmade, hand-printed,tactile feel. He lives by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex, UK.