Blast Through the Past takes a look at some of the most influential jobs (legal or otherwise!) and gets under the skin of of the most famous and infamous, the cleverest and the barmiest people who have shaped history.

Take a chronological look at knights, spies, ancient warriors, explorers and more, and discover if you have what it takes to be a pirate on the high seas, an undercover agent or a fearsome gladiator.

Blast Through the Past is a series aimed at children aged 8+.

This book is part of a book series called Blast Through the Past .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .

Izzi Howell is an editor and author of books for children.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Intrepid explorers through history
• 1: Timeline
• 1: Ancient adventures
• 1: Viking voyages
• 1: Silk Road sightseeing
• 1: The Age of Exploration
• 1: Asia or bust
• 1: Crafty conquistadors
• 1: Rivers and rations
• 1: Down under
• 1: Across Africa
• 1: Poles apart
• 1: On thin ice
• 1: Final frontiers
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Ancient civilisations map
• 1: Index & further information