The Peasants Revolting Lives it is hard to imagine

it is hard to imagine the violent disruption caused by the suffragette movement

Richard III may have been a monster

The book also details the various forms of capital punishment used throughout British history

It was a time of treachery and double dealing but it culminated with the establishment of the Tudor dynasty

Both were imprisoned and force-fed

The Peasants Revolting Lives it is hard to imagineToday we are aware of how the rich and privileged have lived in the past because historians write about them endlessly. The poor have largely been ignored and, as a result, their contributions to our modern world are harder to unearth. Skilled raconteur TERRY DEARY takes us back through the centuries with a poignant but humorous look at how life treated the common folk who scratched out a living at the very bottom of society. Their world was one of