Series:

Horrible Histories Collections

5 primary works • 14 total works

Book 1

Cover of Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors
As antislavery crusader John Brown gathers men and arms at a small farm near Harper's Ferry, seventeen-year-old Annie Brown must decide: Is her father a visionary or a madman?

Book 2

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The Groovy Greeks

by Terry Deary

Published 1 March 1997
Why did dedicated Greek doctors taste their patients' ear wax? What did Roman soldiers wear under their kilts? Who had the world's first flushing toilet? Find out in this bound edition of two titles in the Horrible Histories series - The Groovy Greeks and The Rotten Romans.

Book 3

Cover of Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings/Measly Middle Ages
This title presents the history with twice the nasty bits! "The Measly Middle Ages" tells you what life was really like in days of old when knights were bold, women wore tall pointy hats and the peasants were revolting. "The Vicious Vikings" is packed with frightening facts about these vile invaders - and their savage Saxon enemies - from cruel kings and vengeful Viking warriors to the suffering slaves, the thralls. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for your teacher! History has never been so horrible.

Book 5

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Frightful First World War

by Terry Deary

Published 17 November 2000
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.

Book 6

Cover of The Angry Aztecs and the Incredible Incas
The foulest facts about the people whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts, and the gory details on the incredible empire that was brought down by 260 Spanish invaders and a few germs...

Cover of Blood-Curdling Box

Blood-Curdling Box

by Terry Deary

Published 6 October 2008
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".

Cover of Smashing Saxons

Smashing Saxons

by Terry Deary

Published 1 June 2002
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.

Cover of Horrible Histories Collections: Blitzed Brits & Barmy British
A double helping of horrible bits bound together in this great value paperback. "The Barmy British Empire" reveals the brutal facts about how Britannia ruled the waves - from infamous antics in India to dreadful deeds done down under. "The Blitzed Brits" describes what life was like for the people who stayed at home in World War Two, including foul food facts about rotten rationing and awful evacuation tales. Both books are crammed full of curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for teachers.

Cover of Frightful First World War & Woeful Second World War
History with twice the nasty bits ...in a brilliant new edition! The Frightful First World War tells readers all the horrors an hardships of the war that was meant to last four months ...but ground on for four grim years. The Woeful Second World War reveals the dire details about the worst war ever - from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches. Packed with curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests...History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Gorgeous Georgians & Vile Victorian
History with twice the nasty bits left in ...and in a gorgeous new edition! In Gorgeous Georgians readers will meet lords and ladies with personal hygiene problems, as well as the starving and pitiful poor. The Vile Victorians dishes up 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. With curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests...History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Horrible Histories Collection: Smashing Saxons & Stormin' Normans (NE)
History with twice the nasty bits ...in a horrible new edition! The Smashing Saxons tells the terrible truth about the pillaging people who bashed the Brits but got nobbled by the Normans. The Stormin' Normans follows big bad Bill the Conqueror who battled at Hastings, stormed Europe and joined the crummy Crusades. Featuring curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for your teacher! History has never been so horribl

Cover of Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians/Vile Victorians
History with twice the nasty bits| The Gorgeous Georgians tells you all about the people who lived in these riotous times - from lords and ladies with a personal hygiene problem to the starving and pitiful poor. 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. Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...for your teacher| History has never been so horrible|

Cover of Terrible Tudors & Slimy Stuarts
History with twice the nasty bits left in ...in a horrible new edition! Readers will delight in the dreadful details of Tudor life - from cruel kings and queens like horrible Henry VIII to poor peasants and common criminals - in the Terrible Tudors. The Slimy Stuarts is full of foul but fascinating facts about lousy life for the plague-ridden Stuarts, revolting Roundheads and crafty Cavaliers. With curious quizzes, gruesome games and terrible tests...History has never been so horrible!

Cover of Goovy Greeks and Rotten Romans
History with twice the nasty bits left in ...in a horrible new edition! The Groovy Greeks is full of fab facts about the hip 'n' happenin' Greeks. In Rotten Romans, readers follow life for folk in Roman times, from Nasty Nero to brave Brit Boudicca. Featuring curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests ...History has never been so horrible!