Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians

Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2015-11-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1407161679

Learn all about the Gorgeous Georgians, like their sneaky schemes for hiding personal hygiene problems and the schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers! With a bold, accessible new look and revised by the author, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians

Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781407109671

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!

Horrible Histories: Slimy Stuarts (New Edition)

Horrible Histories: Slimy Stuarts (New Edition)
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-03-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 140716189X

I bet you've never even heard of the Stuarts. They don't sound very terrible, do they? But did you know some slimy Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas?

Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans

Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2012-07-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1407133330

Ruthless Romans reveals the grim goings-on of the greatest empire ever, from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder into a sport. Read on for gory details about the cruel Colosseum and the people and animals who were massacred there... and find out how, if you upset them enough, the ruthless Romans would CRUCIFY you. Eeek!

Gruesome Great Houses

Gruesome Great Houses
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9781407178721

Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great houses in this brand new Horrible Histories book. From Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace in London, HORRIBLE HISTORIES: GRUESOME GREAT HOUSES covers the history of Britain and Ireland from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost stories and terrible tales of betrayal and revenge, it's a seriously horrible read with all the gore and more.

Horrible Histories: Terrifying Tudors

Horrible Histories: Terrifying Tudors
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2011-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1407129457

Do you like your history horrifying? Then the Terrifying Tudors will tantalise you! Shudder at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects, who were always losing their heads. Discover what Tudors did in the good times and the gory times, from their great goose fairs and foul festivals to the terrible tricks of their ruthless royal family.

Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition)

Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition)
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2016-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1407161997

They may have looked all prim and proper, but the Victorians were a jolly naughty bunch who could be vicious and violent and villainous. Readers can discover the murderers who wouldn't hang, when the first public loo was flushed and all about stag hunting in Paddington Station. 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.

The Custard Kid

The Custard Kid
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: A & C Black
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1978
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780713659894

Black Cats is a brand new, on-going series of top stories. Children will come to trust the Black Cat logo as a sign of good writing in all genres: spooky, comic and magic, among others. These first six paperbacks are comic. Some are wild, some are mad, all of them are very funny. Written by the some of the most well-known comic writers - Terry Deary, Kaye Umansky and Jeremy Strong. Illustrated throughout, Black Cats are for confident young readers who like to lose themselves in great books.

The Horrible History of the World

The Horrible History of the World
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781407103501

Terry Deary presents the foul but fascinating story of humans, from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to the terrified teenage soldiers in the twentieth century - all in glorious and goriest colour and now in flexi-bound paperback format. The truth about foul fighting is revealed in the Horrible Histories Rules of War, and readers can meet fifty of the most vicious villains of all time in the frightful fold-out feature. History has never been so horrible.

Horrible Histories: Woeful Second World War

Horrible Histories: Woeful Second World War
Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2011-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1407129554

If you ever hear old folk moaning on about the world today, just remind them how woeful things were in World War II. When Hitler's horrid army were goose-stepping round the globe, nearly everything in Europe was totally AWFUL! Read on to discover... * The dreadful truth about Dad's Army * What happened when an elephant got loose in the blackout * Who made a meal out of maggots * Which smelly soldiers were sniffed out by their enemies * Why wearing white knickers could kill you What with doodlebug bombs dropping out of the sky and sweet rationing driving kids (and teachers) mad, life in the Second World War was truly wicked. So from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches, and from rotten rationing recipes to awful invasions, discover all the dire details about the worst war EVER!