Horrible Histories
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yet. Terry Deary takes a whirlwind tour through the most dreadful,
disastrous and deadly days in the whole of horrible history,
from the grim Great Fire of Rome to the vile St Valentine's Day
Massacre, leaving the gory bits in (and the boring bits out). Filled
with full-colour illustrations by Martin Brown.
Discover all the foul facts about the history of air
travel with history's most horrible headlines: in-flight edition.
The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention
to the skies. From the Chinese prisoners who were sent
up on kites and the brave but foolish failures who jumped
from a height on home-made wings to the first
real successes of the Montgolfier balloon and
the Wright Brothers' powered flight. It's all in
Horrible Histories: Up in the Air:
fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising
stories – with all the horribly hilarious bits
included
with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories
style, perfect for fans old and new
the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun
and informative read
Horrible Histories has been entertaining children
and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines,
games and 2019's brilliantly funny Horrible
Histories: the Movie - Rotten Romans.
Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot.
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didn't start school until they were seven, and girls didn't have
to go at all. But it wasn't always so jolly. Readers can discover
who had the world's first flushing toilet and why dedicated doctors
tasted their patients' ear wax! 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.
Horrible Histories: Dark Knights and Dingy Castles: Sticker Book
by Terry Deary
Druids split humans in half, how the Normans outwitted the Welsh
with a lump of ham and how an army of Welsh mums fought off the
French once and for all. 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.
tour of the streets of Oxford, exposing all of its most
scurrilous secrets. With the frightful full-colour map tourists can
plot their path to the past - take a punt past corpse-ridden Christchurch
and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and crumbling castle.
Burning bishops, blood-soaked streets and student scraps,
it's a trip no Horrible Histories fan will want to miss!