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Horrible Histories

189 total works

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Horrible Christmas

by Terry Deary

Published 1 October 2007
HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS is filled with all the festive facts every HORRIBLE
HISTORIES reader wanted to know, but were too stuffed full
of mince pies to ask! The complete horrible history of Christmas
tells tales from the dark days when the Puritans tried to abolish
Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches when the British and Germans
traded bullets for footballs. Plus dreadful jokes, rotten recipes,
and a Christmas quiz!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Horrible Christmas 2013
HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS is filled with all the festive facts every HORRIBLE HISTORIES reader wanted to know, but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask! Updated for the 20th anniversary of HORRIBLE HISTORIES, the complete horrible history of Christmas tells tales from the dark days when the Puritans tried to abolish Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches when the British and Germans traded bullets for footballs. Plus dreadful jokes, rotten recipes, and a Christmas quiz!

Cover of This is a Horrible Book of Foul Facts
This is a Horrible Book of Foul Facts serves up all the dreadful
details of horrible history you'll ever need to know - from rotten
Roman graffiti to terrible teacher tortures and rude royal nicknames,
the foul facts are all inside. Want to know: the crushing
details about execution by elephant? How to soften your skin Georgian-style,
using the skins of puppies? Whose idea of a top treat
was mashed deer tongues? Whether you're desperate to discover which
famous rulers were left-handed, raring to read about the top
ten dogs of all time, or just aching to ask about assassinating apes,
then this book is for you. History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment
Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment is crammed full of 7,000 yearsof law-makers and law-breakers with a rogue's gallery of pirates,witch-finders, highwaymen, torturers, traitors and tyrants. Want to know: Who was sentenced to death-by coffee? Where you could be whipped for flying a kite? Why a cockerel was burnt at the stake? Read on for horrible hangings, putrid prisons and terrible transportation. Find out the truth about brutal school beatings, test your local policeman, and see if you can escape beheading in the terrible Tower of London game. History has never been so horrible!

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London

by Terry Deary

Published 1 March 2010
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What caused the Great Stink of 1858? Why the flying dustmen were feared? Who ate a tosher for tea? Plot your path to the past with the frightful full-colour map - take a trip to the terrifying Tower and dip into the River Thames (London's largest toilet!).

Cover of Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages: Re-issue
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. History with the nasty bits left in! 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.

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Groovy Greeks Activity Book

by Terry Deary

Published 19 November 2004
"History with the nasty bits left in" The Groovy Greeks Activity Book is stuffed with killer quizzes, gruesome games and amazing mazes to bring all those horrible heroes and suffering slaves to life. Want to: * create you very own groovy Greek soldier? * play a gruesome game of myths and monsters? * learn how to compete in the odd Olympic games? Puzzle your parents with Terry Deary's foul facts and stun your schoolmates with Martin Brown's crafty cartoons. With a push-out Greek soldier to dress for battle, you're sure to find the Groovy Greeks will have you standing to attention History has never been so horrible

Cover of Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans: Shuffle Puzzle Book
Puzzles with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why sausages were banned in Rome? What was sacrificed at weddings? Why togas were always smelly? Five fantastically foul shuffle-puzzles follow the adventures of Caratacus, a real-life Celt, as he romps through the city of Rome. And for an extra helping of horrible bits, each moveable tile reveals more disgusting details about the rotten Roman Empire. It is designed to horrible baffle your brain!

Cover of Horrible Histories Special: Dark Knights and Dingy Castles
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why the nutty knight chopped off his own finger? The revolting truth about a gong-farmer's job? What went on in the gruesome castle garderobes? Read on and find out about dreadful dungeons, cruel crusaders, ghastly ghosts that haunt creepy British castles, and the most famous man-in-a-can of all - Saint George.

Cover of Horrible Histories Special: 20th Century
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Who shocked the world by showing her knickers? How two monkey's and a dog became astronauts? Why a posh London restaurant served stewed cat? You can find out about last days of the vile Victorian Queen right up the nostalgic Nineties, with all the amazing changes and incredible inventions that happened in between!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians: Action Pack
This is "Horrible Histories" branded box containing: B-format Awful Egyptians book; fold-out diorama Nasty Nile scene; one sheet of HH stickers; two sheets of press-out characters to colour in; 48-pce jigsaw; and a pack of six felt tip pens.

Cover of Horrible Histories Special: Rowdy Revolutions
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum? Why one revolution made ugly people very scared indeed? What Count Dracula was really like? You can find out about the gruesome guillotine in the French Revolution, meet the legendary leaders like Leon Trotsky, and discover how to plan your own rowdy revolution.

Cover of Horrible Histories: Blitzed Brits
History with the nasty bits left in! Can you imagine life without television, road signs and bananas? Or only having enough clothing coupons to buy a small pair of knickers? Not to mention the late-night bombing raids. These were just some of the hardships for the people who stayed at home in World War Two - the blitzed Brits. Read on for some spiffing slang, foul food facts about rotten rationing, awful evacuation tales, and the terrible truth about London's bloodthirsty blackout murderer. History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Loathsome London
From early Roman Londinium to the blasting by the Blitz, Terry Deary presents the nasty bits of London's glorious - and goriest - history. Essentially another stab at all the old favourites: Romans, Saxons, Normans, Tudors, Stuarts; all in one book.

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Based on the much-admired spider make-and-do from the Horrible Science Ugly Bugs book, this board book contains 5 press-out-and-build items. It helps you: create a coliseum and stage your own fight with interchangeable press-out gladiators; make your own dangling dead pirate and watch him swing; create your own knasty knight model with interchangeable weaponry and armour; make your own evil executioner with moving axe-arm and interchangeable speech bubbles (write your own too); and, piece together the pyramid jigsaw challenge. The last spread will feature instructions on making the items, plus ideas for game-play. It's history in the making!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Smashing Saxons/Stormin Normans
Two top "Horrible Histories" titles in a great value paperback! This volume reveals the terrible truth about the Smashing Saxons and their arch enemies the Stormin' Normans, including foul facts about big bad Bill the Conqueror and his bully-boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the crummy Crusades.

Cover of Horribly Huge Book of Awful Egyptians & Ruthless Romans
This is a horribly huge book of nasty bits that's just bursting with foul facts. Scare yourself silly with gory stories, cringe and cower at the crafty cartoons and strain your brain with killer quizzes.

Cover of Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans
History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Rotten Romans' follows life for folks in Roman Britain from Nasty Nero and other awful emperors, to brave Boudica and the poor old peasants, who tried to send the Romans right back where they came from. Read on to find some terrible tactics of the rotten Roman army, clever ideas of the cut-throat Celts, gory games, rotten recipes, and loads of frightening facts. History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Angry Aztecs
History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Angry Aztecs' fills you in on the foulest acts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc and other people with unpronounceable names, whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts. What to know why the Aztecs liked to eat scum? When the world is going to end? How to play a really violent ball game? Read on for human sacrifices, Mayan mysteries, sacrifices, a suffering slave's diary, and more sacrifices. History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Horrible Histories: Frightful First World War
History with the nasty bits left in! 'The Frightful First World War' gives you dire details of the dreadful war that affected everyone - from peace-loving protestors (who fought even before the battles began) to the suffering soldiers in the muddy, bloody trenches. Read on for ropey rhymes and sad songs, rotten rules and sinister superstitions. Find out about the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last four months ... but ground on for four grim years. History has never been so horrible!