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The Great and the Terrible

The Great and the Terrible

The World's Most Glorious and Notorious Rulers and How They Got Their Names

by Joanne O'Sullivan and Udayana Lugo
Hardback
Publication Date: 08/12/2020

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This fun, quirky, and engaging fully illustrated history anthology features twenty-five amazing and terrifying rulers for middle grade readers to discover.
We've heard of Alexander the Great. We've heard of Ivan the Terrible. But what was so Great about Alexander? What was so Terrible about Ivan? Spanning centuries of history in a culturally diverse framework-from ancient India to nineteenth-century Hawaii, and with a balanced focus on notorious women rulers as well as male, The Great and the Terrible takes a humorous look at some of the most glorious and notorious figures in history through the lens of the nicknames they're remembered by.

While some of the characters mentioned here are more prominent in world history (Cyrus the Great introduced the world's first human rights charter), others are well known only within their own cultures. The Great and the Terrible gives middle-grade readers an opportunity to dip into the breadth of world history, sampling its cultural diversity and its stranger-than-fiction historical exploits, with a mix of the sensational and the serious. It helps to correct the imbalance in many history books that currently only focus on Western Civilization, shining the spotlight on achievements (and foibles) in many different cultures.

ISBN:
9780762496617
9780762496617
Category:
People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
08-12-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Running Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
261.62x185.42x21.59mm
Weight:
0.73kg
Joanne O'Sullivan

Joanne O’Sullivan is a journalist for the Asheville Citizen-Times. She lived in New Orleans for several years and returns to southern Louisiana frequently.

Between Two Skies is her debut novel. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband and children.

Udayana Lugo

Udayana Lugo was born in Russia but grew up in Mexico City. She studied product design in Mexico and did her masters in Italy. Life took her back to Mexico, then to the UK and finally to Vancouver, Canada. It was in England that she decided to become an illustrator - she took online classes and practiced a lot from her home studio.

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