"EnGROSS yourself with the most gruesome, filthy facts about life throughout history, such as... hy Medieval people were pelted with rotten vegetables in the stocks hat the Egyptians did to bodies to make them mummies hat wild animals gladiators were forced to fight in ancient Rome nd whether Vikings actually wore horns on their helmets!"
Author Biography
"Mitchell Symons was born in London and educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE, where he studied Law. Since leaving BBC TV, where he was a researcher and then a director, he has worked as a writer, broadcaster and journalist. He was a principal writer of early editions of the board game Trivial Pursuit and has devised many television formats. Currently he writes an award-winning column for the Sunday Express."
