James Felton – författare

SPECIAL ELECTION EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT HAS SOLD OVER 100,000 COPIESTwitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most ludicrous, weird and downright ''baddie'' things we Brits* have done to the world since time immemorial - before conveniently forgetting all about them, of course. Including:- Starting wars with China when they didn''t buy enough of our class A drugs- Inventing a law so we didn''t have to return objects we''d blatantly stolen from other countries- Casually creating muzzles for women- Almost going to war over a crime committed by a pig- And a brand new chapter just for the paperback!52 TIMES BRITAIN WAS A BELLEND: AN ELECTION YEAR SPECIAL will complete your knowledge of this sceptred isle in ways you never expected. So if you''ve ever wondered how we put the ''Great'' in ''Great Britain'', wonder no more . . .*And when we say British, for the most part we unfortunately just mean the English.

JAMES FELTON''S "ASSHOLES" IS OUT NOW

With his trademark brand of bulldozer-banter, Twitter legend James Felton guides you through the most morbidly fascinating facts you''ll then wish you could forget.Ever wondered why the chainsaw was invented?* How authorities dealt with a beached whale back in ye olde days of 1970?** Or what being a human decanter entails?*** Then you''ve come to the right place!Within these pages you''ll find the maddest, strangest and downright grossest stories from history, nature and science that you don''t want to know. (Except secretly you really do, you masochistic, beastly person you.) Illustrated, painfully funny and drop-your-jaw ridiculous, this is trivia from the cesspit of time that you won''t be able to stop reading once you start.*To aid childbirth.**They exploded it with 100 times too much dynamite and rained blubber down on unsuspecting people and buildings.***Decency prevents us from answering this one here. You''ll have to buy the book to find out.

In this, er, ''unique'' illustrated potted history of the human race, Twitter icon James Felton uses his inimitable brand of banter to unveil the slyest, creepiest and/or nastiest specimens who''ve ever lived.

Enter the 16th Century Chinese Emperor Zhegende, whose harem was so big some of the women within it died of starvation, King Charles II''s executioner who would only give you a clean beheading if you paid properly for it beforehand, and llya Ivanovich Ivanov, the 19th Century scientist who was a mega asshole and if you buy the book you''ll find out why.

Darkly funny, highly informative and always unbelievable, these are the dead people you should be mad at.

Mulkerot kautta aikain

Brittisatiirikko James Felton osoittaa Maailmanhistorian pahimmat paskiaiset -teoksessaan, että menneisyyttämme ovat suurmiesten ja -naisten lisäksi muovanneet mitä uskomattomimmat kusipäät.

Kirjailija-toimittaja James Felton esittelee tässä piirroskuvitetussa kirjassaan ilkeimpiä, kieroutuneimpia ja inhottavimpia henkilöitä, jotka ovat koskaan eläneet.

Mukana on monille tuttuja hahmoja kuten Kristoffer Kolumbus tai Iivana Julma, mutta myös vähemmän tunnettuja, kuten 1500-luvulla elänyt kiinalainen keisari Zehngde, jonka ylisuuressa haaremissa naiset kuolivat nälkään. Mutta ilkeys ei ole rajoittunut vain yläluokkaan, mistä on esimerkkinä kuningas Kaarle II:n pyöveli, joka mestasi kuolemaan tuomitut armollisesti yhdellä iskulla vain, jos siitä maksettiin hänelle erikseen.

Vähän modernimpaa kusipäisyyttä edustaa amerikkalainen tiedemies, joka yritti toistaa Pavlovin kuuluisat koirakokeet ihmisvauvoilla, mutta huomattavasti sadistisimmin menetelmin. Mukana on myös venäläinen puoskari Ilja Ivanovitš Ivanov, joka oli erittäin epämiellyttävä henkilö, ja jos ostat tämän kirjan, saat tietää miksi.