Illustrated text in question and answer format answers such questions about history as"When did kings live in castles?", Who was given a silver tennis ball?", When did dragons sail the sea?', and Which ship got stuck in the ice?"

Includes index.

How can you travel in a time machine? -- When did kings live in castles? -- Whick knights had a sinking feeling? -- Who held a tea party in Boston? -- Who danced on the highway? -- What trouble started in Pudding Lane? -- Where did monks face a long haul? -- Which ship got stuck in the ice? -- When did dragons sail the seas? -- Who put the whoosh into rockets? -- Who were known as the "big-ears"? -- Who ate boar's head and swan? -- Who was given a silver tennis ball? -- Who wore masks to the carnival?