an unrivalled book

Loved it, all these feuds were new to me and they were all delicious to hear about. Brilliantly performance and production.

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Awesome stuff

This seems like a horrible history knock off but they would be wrong! This book is delightful and funny and I loved learning about all the rivalries! I’m a kid who loves books and history and puma so this itches the scratch that came after I read horrible history! :)

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Kids and I both enjoyed it

I couldn’t quite work out if this was meant for adults or children- I found the topics and content interesting and I thought that my children would moan about it (we were listening as a family time activity) but there were enough silly voice outbursts that the children were in fits of laughter which meant it was surprisingly suitable for us all. Give it a shot - I mean it’s free what’s to lose?

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Amazing!

This book is Amazing! You learn a lot of history and it is funny

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It was funny and great

Night sleep sleep good sleep sleep dreams sleep night sleep good sleep night sleep love you sleep sleep night sleep good sleep chicken

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Actually some good..

Particularly found the Adidas versus Puma fascinating. So much history just in the logo! 👟

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Very good

It went into good detail about interesting rivalries. It was easy to understand but a bit weird if you arent american

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:)Great!

Really funny at some times but is very informative and is great for all ages! If you like Horrible Histories, this definitely for u!😁🤩❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎💖

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I wish history had been taught like this in my school.

Full of fascinating nuggets of information about some of the greatest and bloodiest disputes in history, all wonderfully delivered. I jumped at EVERY explosion!

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Full of information, silly asides add interest

Almost a 'Horrible Histories' but for the ear. Only available on Audible, I believe, and the sound effects and narrative asides will probably amuse the children listening (I found them a little annoying).

The stories, though, were great. While I knew the history of Queens Elizabeth and Mary, I hadn't heard the stories of the Adidas/Puma rivalry, or that of the paleontologists and American politicians covered here.

My favourite was the Adidas/Puma story, but each showed a fascinating insight into how feuding can lead to innovation and advances (though not always positive ones).

Each story gives background and complete history of the feud (certainly important when historical - the Elizabeth/Mary segment had fun with Mary/merry/marry wordplay). Each was also accessible enough for a 10 year old to follow.

Only 3 hours in total, I was certainly keen to learn more about some of these stories when finishing, and I believe young people may feel the same too. There are duels here, details about elections, royalty, dinosaurs, a wealth of topics to spark an interest in the true stories of history.

Personally, the silly noises ("Jersey!") didn't add to the listening experience for me, but I'm really not the listener the producers were considering when putting this together. The narrator is clear and speaks with enthusiasm, which is the most important aspect, as there is no written material for a reader to refer back to.

Short but enticing Terry Deary-esque look at historical arguments that made their mark - for ages 9-13.

With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.

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