Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women - Softcover

Murphy, Adam; Murphy, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910989606 ISBN 13: 9781910989609

Publisher: David Fickling Books, 2018

Synopsis

The second amazing thematic Corpse Talk book - all about the most amazing women from history ever! Adam Murphy interviews the dead famous women who changed the world - getting their stories straight from the corpses' mouths! Reading Corpse Talk: Ground-Breaking Women is like having history injected into your brain! It guarantees laughs, surprises, and a whole host of the most astonishing achievements by some of the most amazing women you'll ever discover. How did Elizabeth I smash the Spanish Armada? How did Anne Frank's diary help her deal with despair? Was Ching Shih the world's coolest pirate queen? Uncover all this and more in Corpse Talk, the hilarious and mind-expanding show that brings the dead famous to life!

About this title

Review:

"I love Corpse Talk. Ingenious and funny and unfailingly fascinating. Brilliant stuff." - Philip Pullman ; "Funny and informative...there's a lot of humour here, there's plenty of information and context, too - both of which are key first steps towards a child's historical understanding...It has the makings of a huge success for children, and for parents, too." - Telegraph ; "There are children for whom this will rank among the most valuable books of their lives...Corpse Talk is an article of such goodwill and an achievement of such informative pleasure- I just adore it." - Women Write About Comics

About the Author:

Adam and Lisa Murphy are the spectacular comic-creating team behind Corpse Talk and Lost Tales.

About this edition

• Publisher: David Fickling Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1910989606
• ISBN 13: 9781910989609
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128