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A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.

Humorous illustrations and facts combine to provide a portrait of what life might be like as Cleopatra in ancient Egypt.

Describes the education, duties and lifestyle of a Mayan soothsayer.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe how antibiotics were developed and what methods were used to fight infections and disease before antibiotics were available.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the electric power that makes modern life possible.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.

Cartoons and facts combine to describe the life of Mary Queen of Scots, discussing her childhood; escape to France; the death of her father-in-law, mother, and first husband; marriage to Darnley; kidnapping; abdication of the throne; imprisonment in England; and execution.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict fifteenth-century Europe and the life of Joan of Arc.

Cartoons and facts combine to provide an overview of what it was like to travel with Marco Polo during the late thirteenth century.

Includes index, brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depicting life as a World War Two pilot.