Horrible Histories
193 total works
Learn all about the incredible Incas, with all the nasty bits left
in. Find out the horrible truth, like how a bucket of stewed pee
could make you beautiful, why servants ate the emperor's hair and
what happened in their legendary golden temples. Includes a grisly
quiz to test your knowledge. These bestselling titles are sure
to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
in. Find out the horrible truth, like how a bucket of stewed pee
could make you beautiful, why servants ate the emperor's hair and
what happened in their legendary golden temples. Includes a grisly
quiz to test your knowledge. These bestselling titles are sure
to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
Horrible Histories Gruesome Guide: London takes readers on a full-colour,
gore-tastic tour of the streets of London, exposing all
of its most scurrilous secrets. With this book tourists can plot
their path to the past - take a trip to the terrifying Tower, dip
into the ruthless River Thames (London's largest toilet!) and peer
into creepy St Paul's Cathedral. Plague, pestilence and fire,
it's a trip no Horrible Histories fan will want to miss!
gore-tastic tour of the streets of London, exposing all
of its most scurrilous secrets. With this book tourists can plot
their path to the past - take a trip to the terrifying Tower, dip
into the ruthless River Thames (London's largest toilet!) and peer
into creepy St Paul's Cathedral. Plague, pestilence and fire,
it's a trip no Horrible Histories fan will want to miss!
Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors
with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers
can discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings, including
Viking gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and Death
by booby-trapped statues. With a bold, accessible new look, these
bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation
of Terry Deary fans.
Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible
Histories more accessible to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers
can discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings, including
Viking gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and Death
by booby-trapped statues. With a bold, accessible new look, these
bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation
of Terry Deary fans.
Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible
Histories more accessible to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
Travel back into the measly Middle Ages, where the world was full
of wild women, mad monks, naughty knights and crazy kings and queens!
Discover a genuine jester's joke, why chickens had their bottoms
shaved and what ten-year-old treacle was used for. With a bold,
accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be
a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible
Histories more accessible to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
of wild women, mad monks, naughty knights and crazy kings and queens!
Discover a genuine jester's joke, why chickens had their bottoms
shaved and what ten-year-old treacle was used for. With a bold,
accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be
a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible
Histories more accessible to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
The Horrible Histories Annual 2015 is a must-have for all Horrible
Histories fans. Packed with foul facts, gory games, dreadful jokes,
quick quizzes and putrid puzzles - it's the annual with rat-itude!
Discover all the dreadful details about your favourite eras
of history from the Rotten Romans, to the Terrible Tudors and the
Gorgeous Georgians to the Woeful World Wars. History has never
been so horrible!
Histories fans. Packed with foul facts, gory games, dreadful jokes,
quick quizzes and putrid puzzles - it's the annual with rat-itude!
Discover all the dreadful details about your favourite eras
of history from the Rotten Romans, to the Terrible Tudors and the
Gorgeous Georgians to the Woeful World Wars. History has never
been so horrible!
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the FRIGHTFUL FIRST
WORLD WAR, including what the 'Fat King' did with food scraps and
dead horses, how sniffing your own pee could save your life in
a gas attack and why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets.
With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles
are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary
fans.
Revised by the author to make Horrible Histories more accessible
to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
WORLD WAR, including what the 'Fat King' did with food scraps and
dead horses, how sniffing your own pee could save your life in
a gas attack and why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets.
With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles
are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary
fans.
Revised by the author to make Horrible Histories more accessible
to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
These longtime favorite collections are now available in Spanish! The stories in these volumes will scare readers' socks off with their detailed, intense prose. Great for read alouds, these popular books will stimulate and frighten young minds.
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the STORMIN' NORMANS, including why Norman knights slept with a dolly, which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint and why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
The Rotten Romans follows life for folks in Roman Britain from Nasty Nero and other awful emperors, to Brave Boudicca and the poor old peasants, who tried to send the Romans right back where they came from...Read on for rotten recipes, gory games and frightening facts including why rich Romans needed a vomitorium? The Smashing Saxons tells you the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans. Read on for disgusting diseases, ghastly graves and terrible tales including how to make a dead Saxon happy. The Vicious Vikings is packed with frightening facts about these vile invaders - and their savage Saxon enemies - from cruel kings and vengeful Viking warriors. Read on for terrible torture techniques and vile Viking legends including why some Vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? History has never been so horrible!|
This work features all the foul favourites from the "Horrible Histories" series presented in a blood-curdling box with flip-top lid. It contains twenty books and includes the "Rotten Romans", "Terrible Tudors" and "Awesome Egyptians".
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the SMASHING SAXONS, including who got cow pats as Christmas presents, why wearing a pig on your head is lucky and how to make a dead Saxon happy. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Vile Victorians' gives you all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself to some vicious Victorian villains. Want to know when the first public loo was flushed? Who had a gruesome glass eye for every occasion? What vile Victorian parents called their children? Read on to find some nasty facts about cruel careers (for kids), rotten school rules, school dinners even worse than today's and a gory and gruesome guide to vile Victorian death. History has never been so horrible!
History with twice the nasty bits! Want to know: How sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War? Why wearing white knickers could get you killed in the Second World War? How a pair of old socks gave away top secrets? The Frightful First World War tells you all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last four months ...but ground on for four grim years. The Woeful Second World War gives you the dire details about the worst war ever - from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for your teacher! History has never been so horrible!
Terry Deary's foul facts and Martin Brown's crafty cartoons combine to bring all those cunning conquistadors and terrific temples to life. With an Incan initiation game to play and a push-out lofty lord to dress.
Now in full glorious colour "Horrible Christmas" supplies all the festive facts every "Horrible Histories" reader wanted to know, but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask. Includes foul but festive food, cruel yule disasters and seasonal stories to send a shiver down every reader's spine. Complete with the free CD of 'Terry Deary's Cracking Christmas' - history has never sounded so horrible!
Terry Deary's foul facts and Martin Brown's crafty cartoons combine to bring all those fearless fighters and groovy gods to life. Complete with over 100 re-usable stickers there's a savage sacrifice to stage and a brutal battle to re-enact. The Angry Aztecs are sure to a-peel!
Prepare to be amazed as the nasty bits are revealed in this spectacular 3D awesome Egyptian adventure. Three action-packed rooms of pops and pull-outs follow master-thief Antef and his crew of criminals as they attempt to pull off the biggest tomb-robbery of all time and empty Tut's tomb of its finest treasures. Complete with a host of characters to press out and play with, "Horrible Histories" is definitely top of the pops!
Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors: Collector's Ed + CD
by Terry Deary and Neil Tonge
Published 1 September 2008
This is an especially evil edition of the "Terrible Tudors"! In this work, discover all the foul facts including which condition was cured by swallowing young frogs and why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse. All the gore and more! Check out the Savage CD and sing along to Terry Deary's silly songs. Then chop till you drop with the evil executioner's game.
History with the nasty bits left in! "The Savage Stone Age Sticker Book" is crammed full of putrid picture puzzles and wicked word games to bring all those horrible hunters and nasty Neanderthals to life. Want to: Make a Stone Age mummy? Create your very own cave painting? Stampede a mighty mammoth over and over again? Get stuck in to Terry Deary's foul facts and Martin Brown's crafty cartoons - with over 100 re-usable stickers, you're sure to find the Savage Stone Age forever a-peeling! History has never been so horrible!
History with the nasty bits left in! "The Gorgeous Georgians Activity Book" is stuffed with killer quizzes, gruesome games and amazing mazes to bring all those crafty criminals and painful punishments to life. Want to: Be a bloodthirsty bodysnatcher? Beat a pirate to the buried treasure? Stage a highway hold-up? Puzzle your parents with Terry Deary's foul facts and stun your schoolmates with Martin Brown's crafty cartoons. With a horrible highwayman and a lovely lady to dress, the "Gorgeous Georgians" will keep you held up for hours. History has never been so horrible!