Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407161679
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
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

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407109671
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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: Gorgeous Georgians

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
ISBN: 1760270326
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Horrible Histories: Slimy Stuarts (New Edition)

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 140716189X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
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?

Gruesome Great Houses

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407178721
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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: Ruthless Romans

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133330
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
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!

Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition)

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407161997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
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

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.

The Horrible History of the World

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407103501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407129554
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
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!