Delve into the lives of six of history's most celebrated personalities with these outrageously funny biographies. Discover the secret inspiration for Shakespeare's plays, how Caesar made a fatal mistake and why barnacles were key to Darwin's theory of evolution. Illustrated with color cartoons and bursting with facts, these humorous accounts prove that the truth really is stranger than fiction.

Tutankhamun and other mummy's boys -- Julius Caesar and his friends, Romans and countrymen -- Joan of Arc and the burning issues of the time -- Napoleon Bonaparte and his counterparts.