Book description
FRIGHTFUL FACTS AND GORY STORIES . . .
Top trivia about life in the past such as:
Did Vikings wear horns on their helmets?
How did Ancient Egyptians make their mummies?
Which animals were gladiators forced to fight?
Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School
and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a
researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster
and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board
game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently
he writes an award-winning column for the
Sunday Express.