The Stormin Normans (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary

Age :6-8

History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Stormin' Normans' is bulging with fascinating facts about big bad Bill the Conqueror and his bully-boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the crummy Crusades. Want to know why Norman knights slept with a dolly? Which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint? Why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee? History has never been so horrible!