How hard was life for people in medieval times? Why did the French Revolution happen? Why did it take so long for women to get the vote? What was the Cold War? Find the answers to these and many more questions in these lively, informative books, which aim to support topics in the upcoming Key Stage 3 History schemes of work. Through an exciting mixture of colour and black-and-white photography and artwork, fact boxes and biography panels, each title provides all the essential facts to support project work on each topic, making each book a "one-stop-shop" for basic information.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called History Topics .

There are 32 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Adrian Gilbert is an experienced non-fiction author specialising in historical and military subjects.