Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings (New Edition)

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407161970
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
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.

Pirates

Author: Cherry Denman
Publisher: Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN: 9780872264120
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Captain Enoch and his crew of incompetent pirates attempt to hijack Suliman the Slimy's treasure ship, with unexpected and exciting results.

Blitzed Brits

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407117713
Category : Blackouts in war
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
After fifteen fearsome years on the page, Horrible Histories are now on the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course. Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Blitzed Britz including: What really happened in Dad's Army? How to make a rude noise with a gas mask? Why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty?

Scooby-Doo! and the Vicious Viking

Author: James Gelsey
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439284868
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
While spending an afternoon in the Viking Village at Happy Sally Land, Scooby and the gang are drawn into a mystery after an angry Viking starts to scare all the visitors away from the new roller coaster.

Horrible Histories: Angry Aztecs

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic Non-Fiction
ISBN: 1407161571
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Discover all the foul facts about the Angry Aztecs, including why the Aztecs liked to eat scum, when the world is going to end and their horrible habit of drinking live toads in wine. 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.

Vicious Vikings ; The Measly Middle Ages

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
"Want to know: Why the vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? Which Viking god dressed up as a woman? A genuine jester's joke? Why medieval chickens had their bottoms shaved? Discover all the facts about the Vicious Vikings and Measly Middle Ages--double the gore and more"--Page 4 of cover.

The Custard Kid

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: A & C Black
ISBN: 9780713659894
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 62

Book Description
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.

Viking Blood and Blade

Author: Peter Gibbons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470

Book Description
If you like Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, Simon Scarrow, David Gemmell and Giles Kristian, you will love this epic Viking adventure, packed with battles, treachery, blood and gore. 865 AD. The fierce Vikings stormed onto Saxon soil hungry for spoils, conquest, and vengeance for the death of Ragnar Lothbrok. Hundr, a Northman with a dog's name... a crew of battle hardened warriors... and Ivar the Boneless. Amidst the invasion of Saxon England by the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, Hundr joins a crew of Viking warriors under the command of Einar the Brawler. Hundr fights to forge a warriors reputation under the glare of Ivar and his equally fearsome brothers, but to do that he must battle the Saxons and treachery from within the Viking army itself... Hundr must navigate the invasion, survive brutal attacks, and find his place in the vicious world of the Vikings in this fast paced adventure with memorable characters.

Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages (New Edition)

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407161733
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the MEASLY MIDDLE AGES, including why chickens had their bottoms shaved, a genuine jester's joke 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.

The Wolf Age

Author: Tore Skeie
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782278354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
“Skeie’s account of ruthless conflict, political intrigue, and diplomatic machinations reads like a real-life Game of Thrones—without the dragons. Medieval history buffs will be riveted.” --Publishers Weekly Thrilling history provides a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly to life, perfect for fans of Dan Jones The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English, The Wolf Age reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts readers in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for. Tore Skeie ("Norway's Most Important Young Historian") takes readers on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing and bribery abound as Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life. In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they need silver, and to get silver there is no better way than war and plunder. This vicious cycle draws all the lands of the north into a brutal struggle for supremacy and survival that will shatter kingdoms and forge an empire…