num_pages: 128
description: "The Smashing Saxons" tells the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans, including who got cow pats as Christmas presents or why wearing a pig on your head was lucky. Read on for foul facts on disgusting diseases and ghastly graves.
language: English
title: The Smashing Saxons
titlecomplete: The Smashing Saxons
genres: Historical, History, Childrens, School, Education, 21st Century, Medieval, Humor, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 1195
series: Horrible Histories
publisher: scholastic ltd