Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides: Dublin

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133500
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 155

Book Description
Shudder at the savage story of Dublin, brimming with blood-soaked battles and riotous rebellions. Terry Deary reveals the horrible history of the great Irish city, from the blood-dripping battle of Clontarf to the risings and rebellions of the twentieth century. Find out why the mayor of Dublin put his Mum in prison, picnic with pirates at St Stephen's Green, creep around cruel cathedrals and then head to dreadful Dublin castle. Torture, traitors and cut-throat Irish chieftains - it's a trip you simply daren't miss!

Ireland

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC
ISBN: 9780439014366
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
This volume tells you about centuries of dreadful deeds, from cruel Celtic chieftains and suffering saints to the troubled 20th century. Visit the chamber of horrors, try a game to make you hurl and the top 20 Irish curses and find out the tragic truth about the foul famines and savage sieges.

Dublin

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dublin (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Whose head was put in a pot and pickled? Why the mayor of Dublin put his mum in prison? Which Irish King led his men to battle ... from hisbath? Plot your path to the past with the frightful full-colour map - picnic with pirates at St Stephen's Green and creep around the cruel cathedrals.

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.

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.

Horrible Histories: The Awesome Egyptians

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407133608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
They're not called the Awesome Egyptians for nothing! The foul pharaohs and their suffering slaves got up to all sorts of terrible tricks. Read this book to... * Meet some fabulous pharaohs... and their mummies * Make revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets * Discover which king had the most blackheads * Find out why some pharaohs wore false beards * Learn to become an Ancient Egyptian in 10 not-so-easy steps! If you like your history horrible, the Awesome Egyptians and their moaning mummies have it all wrapped up! Aaaarrrrgh!

Horrible Histories Special: Cruel Kings and Mean Queens

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407137158
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
The history book which shows you monarchs as they really were - mad, menacing and murderous! Find out which king died after falling off the toilet, why people thought King John was a werewolf, and why Queen Anne's feet were covered in garlic. Packed with treacherous treason, evil executions and savage struggles for the throne, this is royal history with the nasty bits left in!

Cut-throat Celts

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780702312397
Category : Celts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Revealed! All the cut-throat facts about Celtic Britain with history's most horrible headlines: Celts edition. Jump into Celtic life with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. Discover why Celtic warriors fought without any kit on, how they preserved their enemy's brainsonce they'd won the fight and why it was perfectly normal to laugh at funerals. It's all in Horrible Histories: Cut-Throat Celts: 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. Read all about it!

Gruesome Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407182254
Category : Stratford-upon-Avon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. With the frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past - pay their respects at Shakespeare's grave, brave spooky Sheep street, and lob cheese in the river. Fatal fleabites, bloody battles and brutal beheadings, it's a trip no Horrible history fan will want to miss!

The Villainous Victorians

Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: SCHOLASTIC
ISBN: 9780439977401
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
'The Villainous Victorians' lets you in on the darkest secrets of Queen Victoria's Britain - from hard-living criminal kids to harder-hearted toffs who were criminally cruel.