Truly Terrible Tales: Inventors

History is crammed with amazing stories! In this book you can find out all about the terrible but true lives of famous inventors through the ages:

Ancient Greek Archimedes, creator of the deadly ship-smasher;
Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance genius - so brilliant, it's scary;
Tudor inventor Sir John Harington, who flushes away a royal stink; and
Joseph Lister, who sticks a knife into Queen Victoria!