Welcome reader! This is the history book you've been waiting for! Peer down the pan of the past with us to discover all there is to know about Tudor toilets, medieval manure, dinosaur dung and Ancient Chinese chutes. Poo chutes, that is.

Find out about the earliest WCs, what loos were like in the pyramids, how the Romans gossiped in public loos and what castle moats were really used for. Discover how Henry VIII cleansed the Royal Bum, what part 'gongfermors' played in medieval times and who invented loo paper!

When did we finally upgrade to flushable facilities and sanitary sewers? And why were early Victorian streets piled high with poo?

Dip into these chronicles of the cloakroom to find the answers to all these historical hygiene questions and many more...

This book is part of a book series called Awfully Ancient .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tom Morgan-Jones is an award winning illustrator whose work has appeared everywhere from children's books to buses and milk cartons to magazines. He has a sideline in satirical board games, and his work in this area is held in major collections including the V&A, Bodleian Library and GOMA, and has been exhibited in the Berlin Academy of Arts. Peter Hepplewhite is a former history teacher, currently working as an education officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The Problem of Poo
• 2: Ancient Loos and Poos
• 3: Loos and Poos in Ancient Egypt
• 4: Hysterican Hygiene: Ancient Greece
• 5: The Flying Poo Problem: Ancient Rome
• 6: Beware the Purple Goddess: Ancient China
• 7: Poo Shoots and Piss-pots: Medieval Europe
• 8: Explosive Poos and Henry Too: Tudor Times
• 9: The Great Stink: Victorian Times
• 10: Toilet Revolution: Victorian Times
• 11: Toilet Tales
• 12: Travelling Loos and Fast Poos
• 13: The Future of Loos and All that Poo
• 14: Glossary
• 15: More Information