As an apprentice barber surgeon of the 1500s you are embarking on a career in which you will have to treat the gruesome ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be: Ill in Tudor Times
It's August 1914. You are 16-year-old Tommy Atkins, living in London. Set against a backdrop of the war just broken out ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In The Trenches in World War One!
Do you think being a Roman gladiator seems glamorous? Think again! At gladiator school, you'll be taught to fight, kill,... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Roman Gladiator!
Grab your pick axe and your canary cage - it's time to mine for coal in the Victorian pits! As a British man living in a... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Victorian Miner
Growing up in Britain in the 1880s wasn't easy. For a young child in school the going is tough and the punishments are h... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Victorian Schoolchild!
Embark on the ancient expedition of a lifetime as you unwrap the mysteries of mummification!It's time to make a mummy! A... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be An Egyptian Mummy!
Grab your mittens and your snow shovel - it's time to join Shackleton's crew on their famous polar expedition!As a harde... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be On Shackleton's Polar Expedition
Seized by slave traders, separated from your native tribe, your family and friends, you are put up for sale in the slave... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave In Ancient Greece!
Get ready...as an adventurous young Viking living in 10th century Norway, you are keen to join other explorers in search... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Viking Explorer!
Marrying Henry VIII was not an easy option - tips provided in this book include 'think carefully before accepting his pr... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be Married To Henry VIII!
Discover what it was like to be a barber surgeon in the sixteenth century and why it was a terrible time for people to b... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be Ill In Tudor Times!
Get ready...as the captain of a Spanish treasure ship sailing in the Spanish Main, you're about to get captured as a pir... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Pirate's Prisoner!
You are the son of a senior servant living in England in the 1400s. Instead of following in your father's footsteps and ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Medieval Knight!
The year is 1907, and you are the manager of a prestigious shipping company. You decide to plan and build the largest an... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Sail On The Titanic!
It's the end of the 15th century, and your local castle is looking for a jailer. Are you up to the job? Your charges wil... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In A Medieval Dungeon!
You are a young boy in the city-state of Athens at the height of the Ancient Greek civilisation. Following several years... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In The Ancient Greek Olympics!
You’re a farmer’s son living in England in the early 7th century. Your people are descendants of invaders from Northern ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be An Anglo-Saxon Peasant!
As if the plague wasn't bad enough, here comes the fiery antidote! As famous diary-keeper Samuel Pepys, you'll witness f... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In The Great Fire Of London!: Extended Edition
The year is 1842, and you have been taken from your mother in London to work in a cotton mill in smoky Manchester. The w... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Work In A Victorian Mill!: Extended Edition
In 16th century London, you start work as an actor at William Shakespeare's theatre, but soon realise it won't be easy. ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Shakespearean Actor!: Extended Edition
Get ready... finding food and shelter in the ice age is not easy. You must be ready to trek for miles in search of prey,... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Mammoth Hunter!: Extended Edition
Get ready... as a young man living in the Roman Empire, you’ve heard many stories about far-away lands and people. It s... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Roman Soldier!: Extended Edition
Get ready... as a 12-year-old girl living in Britain in the 1880s, you are about to start work for a wealthy family. You... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Victorian Servant!: Extended Edition
As Catholic conspirator and would-be assassin Guy Fawkes, you'll witness the secretive planning and thwarted execution o... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be Guy Fawkes!
As a French refugee in the Second World War, you find hope in the Special Operations Executive in Britain. Your task? Yo... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Secret Agent During World War Two
You are a young man from a noble family in Mexico. Little do you suspect that you are about to fall victim to one of the... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be An Aztec Sacrifice!
You are Christopher Columbus, the explorer who accidentally discovered America. Follow Columbus' struggles to finance hi... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Sail With Christopher Columbus!
You are the son of a Mayan soothsayer, living near the city of Copan in about AD 710. Becoming a soothsayer yourself mea... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Mayan Soothsayer
You are a 10-year-old girl living in London with your family in 1938. When the German air force begins dropping bombs on... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Second World War Evacuee
You are an 18th-century convict faced with a fate potentially worse than death: to be sent to one of the new English col... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Convict Sent To Australia
Get ready . . . you're a hardworking farmer trying to support your family. But you disobey the Emperor's orders and soon... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Work On The Great Wall Of China!
Get ready . . . you're a princess born into the Egyptian royal family. But it's not easy living in the palace. From fami... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be Cleopatra!
The humorous cartoon-style illustrations and the narrative approach encourage readers to get emotionally involved with t... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Pyramid Builder!
It is AD 79 and you are a trusted slave, looking after your master's young son in a quiet and pleasant Roman seaside tow... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Slave In Pompeii!
The humorous cartoon-style illustrations and the narrative approach encourages readers to get emotionally involved with ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Explore With Captain Cook!
See life through the eyes of one of the most unfortunate people in European history - Mary, Queen of Scots! Crowned as a... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be Mary, Queen of Scots!
As an American pilot joining the RAF during World War Two, you'll experience many ups and downs, and no doubt you'll dis... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A World War Two Pilot!
You are Tutankhamun, ruler of Egypt for a brief but turbulent period. You oversaw a national change in religion and then... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be Tutankhamun!
The spread of female suffrage is one of the success stories of the 20th century, but it was not achieved without a great... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Suffragette!
This engaging information book tells the story of the American astronauts who set out on the voyage of a lifetime in 197... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be On Apollo XIII!
You're a country girl in 13th-century England and there's trouble ahead. The year is 1215 and King John is in a power st... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Live In A Medieval Castle!
May, 1588. You are a sailor in the service of King Philip II of Spain, and your country is about to send `la felicissima... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Sail in the Spanish Armada!
It is 1577 and Francis Drake, the Queen of England's favourite adventurer, has been ordered to command a new expedition ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Explore with Sir Francis Drake!
The year is 1819. You are a 14-year-old boy named Thomas Nickerson, living in Nantucket. It is one of the most important... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Sail On A 19th-Century Whaling Ship!
You’re a young sailor aboard the ill-fated Mary Rose, pride of Henry VIII’s fleet. You’ll learn the ropes (literally!) a... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Sail on the Mary Rose!
It’s August 1914. You are 16-year-old Tommy Atkins, living in London. Set against a backdrop of the war just broken out ... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In The Trenches In World War One!
It's 1828 and you're a medical student at the world-famous Edinburgh university. You are keen to start dissecting bodies... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Meet Burke and Hare!
You Wouldn't Want To Be In A Virus Pandemic! is a fast-paced, informative and entertaining guide to pandemics like the C... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In A Virus Pandemic!
You are a soldier in Alexander the Great's army - ruler of one of the largest empires in the ancient world. The book cha... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In Alexander The Great's Army!
You’re a member of a tank crew in the Second World War. You’ll learn about the challenges and dangers of serving in a ta... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In A Tank In World War Two!
The humorous cartoon-style illustrations and the narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the narrative histo... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be A Prisoner in the Tower of London!
Brutal battles and terrifying trenches await in this look at the life of World War One soldiers!It's August 1914. You ar... MoreYou Wouldn't Want To Be In The Trenches In World War One!
I loved this book, the pictures were clear showing the process in Egyptian times of how a body was prepared to be a mummy. It was easy for me to under...
Are you looking for a book from Saxon times? Then this is the book for you! This book is about life in an Anglo Saxon village. I would recommend this ...
It was about a famous diarist Samuel Pepys. He is living in London in the 1660s when the fire hits the ancient city. It is chaos. Will he survive? It...
