Horrible Histories Books

Awesome Egyptians (new edition), It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Which king had the worst blackheads? Why some kings had to wear false beards? Why the peasants were revolting?

Discover all the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians - all the gore and more!

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They're not called the Awesome Egyptians for nothing. The foul pharaohs and their suffering slaves got up to all sorts of terrible tricks.

If you like your history horrible, the Awesome Egyptians and their moaning mummies have it all wrapped up! Aaaarrrrgh!

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Barmy British Empire - It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: How a war started when a Brit insisted on sitting on a stool? Who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls? Why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe?

Discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire - all the gore and more!

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It's history with twice the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls? Why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe? Why Blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty? How to make a rude noise with a gas mask?

Discover all the foul facts about the Barmy British Empire and Blitzed Brits - double the gore and more.

Two Horrible Books in One! A paperback book, 280 pages

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It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: 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?

Discover all the foul facts about the Blitzed Brits - all the gore and more!

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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?

A paperback book, 144 pages

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Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment is crammed full of 7,000 years of law-makers and law-breakers with a rogue's gallery of pirates, witch-finders, highwaymen, torturers, traitors and tyrants.

Want to know: Who was sentenced to death-by coffee? Where you could be whipped for flying a kite? Why a cockerel was burnt at the stake? Read on for horrible hangings, putrid prisons and terrible transportation. Find out the truth about brutal school beatings, test your local policeman, and see if you can escape beheading in the terrible Tower of London game.

History has never been so horrible!

Format: Hardback Book. Size: 205 x 285mm (annual sized)

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It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Why the nutty knight chopped off his own finger? The revolting truthbout a gong-farmer's job? What went on in the gruesome castle garderobes?

Read on and find out about dreadful dungeons, cruel crusaders, ghastly ghosts that haunt creepy British castles, and the most famous man-in-a-can of all - Saint George.

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The horrible book to go with the TV series!

The First World War was a war fought on a global scale: a war so terrible and deadly that they called it 'the war to end all wars'. From foot soldiers drowning in mud to fighter pilots being blown out of the sky, it was absolutely hideous from start to finish.

So if you like your history horrible, this is the book for you!

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The gorgeous Georgians may have loved preening in mirrors and prancing about in powdered wigs and pantaloons, but trust us - they were really rotten underneath! From lords and ladies' sneaky schemes for hiding their personal hygiene problems to the horrible hardships suffered by the poor, find out the REAL story.

It's got horrible highwaymen, raging revolutions, plundering pirates, and guys wearing wigs and make-up. Plus the schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers! It's better than Hollywood - and much more horrible!

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The horrible book to go with the TV series!

Apparently the Greeks (we are talking about the Ancient variety) were a rather groovy bunch. The boys didn't start school until they were seven, and girls didn't have to go at all. Greek children invented all manner of cool games just for something to do, and the grown-ups invented the Olympic Games and made the men run naked.

But as this Horrible History shows you, things were not always quite so jolly. . . and some of the things the Groovy Greeks did were actually, well, quite horrible!

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A horribly funny joke book full of nasty bits.

A comical caper from the Horrible Histories series! It's packed from cover to cover with punishing puns and cruel gags to make you moan with laughter and chuckle your head off. That's right! It's so horrible it hurts!

A paperback book, 144 pages.

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The Horrible History of the World presents the foul but fascinating story of humans from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to terrified teenage soldiers in the twentieth century.

Want to know: Why Alexander the Great banned beards? What smelly sport was played by samurai warriors? Who tried to bump off her enemies with a cake made with poisoned bath-water?

It's all you ever need to know about the wicked world - all the gore and more!

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A horribly huge book of nasty bits that's just bursting with foul facts.

Readers can find out why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse, or why Elizabeth I enjoyed visiting new toilets - and get stuck in to tons of wicked word games, killer quizzes and stacks of savage stickers.

With all those mad Tudor monarchs and evil executioners now bigger than ever before, it's all the gore and so much more.

Comes with 2 pages of Savage Stickers!

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The Incredible IncasIt's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Why llamas wore earrings and drank beer? How a bucket of stewed pee can make you beautiful? Why servants ate the emperor's hair?

Discover all the foul facts about the Incredible Incas - all the gore and more!

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What on earth happened in the measly Middle Ages? Well. . . lots of really rotten things, actually! In the Middle Ages, the world was full of wild women, mad monks, naughty knights and crazy kings and queens!

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An exciting addition to the 'Horrible Histories' series, these titles will tackle all the hot historical topics in a new full-colour format with durable cover.

In the second title of the series, Tery Deary reveals the horrible history of knights - all the gore and more! Readers should forget the fairy tales from days of old when knights were supposed to be bold and damsels were always in distress, and brace themselves for the terrible truth about the cold blooded killers.

From Arthur and his mythical knights to warrior kings and cruel crusades, there are foul facts on a whole host of knasty knights plus dire details of the weapons they used and the rotten rules of knight fights.

Paperback, 96 pages

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An exciting addition to the 'Horrible Histories' series, these titles will tackle all the hot historical topics in a new full-colour format with durable cover.

Beginning with the perennial favourite Pirates, they're all the Horrible History a reader needs in one handy little handbook. Terry Deary reveals the terrible truth behind the lousy pirate legends and lies so forget the brave heroes swinging from masts and the handsome young men sailing the severe seas for this is history as it's most horrible!

Readers can decide who was the baddest of the bunch in the top ten of putrid pirates, discover why the women pirates were just as wicked as the men and learn to talk the patter of a Pirate. Plus there are foul facts on the ships they sailed, the punishments they suffered and the rules they lived by. Now the nasty bits are at your fingertips!

Paperback, 96 pages

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An exciting addition to the 'Horrible Histories' series, these titles will tackle all the hot historical topics in a new full-colour format with durable cover.

Beginning with the perennial favourite Pirates, they're all the Horrible History a reader needs in one handy little handbook. Terry Deary reveals the terrible truth behind the lousy pirate legends and lies so forget the brave heroes swinging from masts and the handsome young men sailing the severe seas for this is history as it's most horrible!

Readers can decide who was the baddest of the bunch in the top ten of putrid pirates, discover why the women pirates were just as wicked as the men and learn to talk the patter of a Pirate. Plus there are foul facts on the ships they sailed, the punishments they suffered and the rules they lived by. Now the nasty bits are at your fingertips!

Paperback, 96 pages

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When your teachers drone on about the Romans, I bet they don't tell you how REALLY ROTTEN they were! In their enormous Empire, the ruthless Romans learned all about bossing people about. . . while inventing tons of terrible tortures for people who didn't do what they said!

So grab this book to read all about their beastly battles, gruesome gods and marvellous myths.

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Rotten Rulers gives you the lowdown on the world's most loathsome leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil emperors to crazy kings and queens, people all around the world have suffered at the hands of their rulers for centuries. Whether they're nutty or nasty, fat or foul, those in charge rarely get it right.

Want to know: Who gave the job of high priest to a donkey? Who choked to death while eating a crow? Who celebrated victory by eating his enemy's head?

Read on for the power-crazed president who still rules from the grave and find out about the suffering slave who was ordered to collect 500 kilos of spider webs for his boss. Meet Genghis the Mongolian murderer and discover just how terrible Ivan really was. History has never been so horrible!

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It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum? Why one revolution made ugly people very scared indeed? What Count Dracula was really like?

Find out about the gruesome guillotine in the French Revolution, meet the legendary leaders like Leon Trotsky, and discov how to plan your own rowdy revolution.

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Readers will discover the grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time - from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder into a sport.

A paperback book, 144 pages.

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The Savage Stone AgeWant to know: ﾕ What Stone Age people used instead of toilet paper? ﾕ Why a hole in the skull is good for headaches?ﾕ How to make a Stone Age mummy?Discover all the foul facts about the Savage Stone Age ﾖ all the gore and more! More Info

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You probably thought that Stone Age people spent all their time standing stones up on one end and rubbing sticks together to make fires. Not so! The savage Stone Age tribes knew loads of nasty ways to make history exciting! They lived in caves, hunted wild animals, and had mucky table manners bad enough to make you sick.

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I bet you've never even heard of the Stuarts. They don't sound very terrible, do they? But you'll soon change your mind once you hear the sickening story which started when gibbering James I took the throne.

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The Smashing Saxons (new edition)

Want to know: Who got cow pats as Christmas presents? Why wearing a pig on your head is lucky? How to make a dead Saxon happy?

Discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons - all the gore and more!

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'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 Smashing Saxons including: Who got cow pats as Christmas presents? Why wearing a pig on your head is lucky? How to make a dead Saxon happy?

A paperback book, 144 pages

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The horrible book to go with the TV series!

The Terrible Tudors weren't just terrible. They were a heck of a horrible bunch! What with Henry VIII and his unlucky wives, and beastly Queen Bess and her slaughtered suitors, even the Tudor kings and queens were royally rotten!

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It's history with twice the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Why Henry viii thought he'd married a horse? All about terrible Tudors torture? Why some slimy Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas? Which king picked his nose and never washed his hands?

Discover all the foul facts about the Terrible Tudors and the Slimy Stuarts - double the gore and more. Two Horrible Books in One!

A paperback book, 288 pages

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An especially evil edition of the Terrible Tudors!

Discover all the foul facts including which condition was cured by swallowing young frogs and why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse.

All the gore and more! Check out the Savage CD and sing along to Terry Deary's silly songs. Then chop till you drop with the evil executioner's game.

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The nasty bits are on TV! Rattus Rattus and the gang host the funniest, fastest, nastiest ride through history you're ever likely to see.

In this title, readers will discover the vicious variety of painful punishments and the terrible trickery of the ruthless royal family.

A paperback book, 144 pages.

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It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: Who shocked the world by showing her knickers? How two monkey's and a dog became astronauts? Why a posh London restaurant served stewed cat? F

ind out about last days of the vile Victorian Queen right up the nostalgic Nineties, with all the amazing changes and incredible inventions that happened in between!

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The Vikings were fearsome seafaring warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. This much you probably know. But do you know. . . Why the vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? How to build a vicious Viking longboat? Which vicious Viking god dressed up as a woman?

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Queen Victoria was the ultimate Victorian, and she was not amused. Luckily YOU will be splitting your sides as you discover how disgusting the Victorians really were.

They may have looked all -prim and proper, but they were a jolly naughty bunch. Lots of Victorians could be vicious and violent and villainous - VILE, in fact.

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'Horrible Histories' are now on the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course.

Discover all the foul facts about the Villainous Victorians including: Why burglars were scared of bogies? Which poet said he ate an ape? How a snick fadger might kiddy-nap your spangle?

A paperback book, 144 pages.

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Stories, newspaper articles, diary entries and fact files reveal just who put the horrible in history, from rotten rebels to wicked women.

Size 240 x 295mm (annual sized)

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Terry Deary reveals the truth behind pointy hats and black cats, and other idiotic ideas about witchcraft.

Full of foul facts including which magic word was used to zap zits and the terrible torture inflicted by a turca. It's everything everyone needs to know about witches - all the gore and more!

Paperback, 96 pages

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It's history with the nasty bits left in!

Want to know: How to be very rude. . . without anybody knowing? Some murky Medieval jokes? What to say if someone calls you mundungus, hackum or Jabbernowl?

Get your revenge with some really wicked words - even English teachers will be speechless!

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From nasty Norseman and head-hunting Celts, to hated hooligan Huns and sword-swishing Samurai, Terry Deary dishes the dirt on wicked warriors and their blood-thirsty battles.

Readers can find out whose savage stallion liked to munch on human flesh and why nina poo was a deadly weapon.

It's everything everyone needs to know about warriors - all the gore and more.

Paperback, 96 pages

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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!

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Horrible Histories Gorgeous Georgians Paperback Book.

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Find out about the people who lived in Georgian times, from lords and ladies with personal hygiene problems to the poor.

Features: horrible highway men; raging revolutions; plundering pirates; guys who wore wigs and makeup; and school children who went to war with their teachers.

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Horrible Histories Ruthless Romans sees author Terry Deary and illustrator Martin Brown excelling themselves with a round-up of grim and hideous facts designed to appeal to non-fiction fans aged from nine and above.

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Plenty of gruesome facts to pore over here as the Romans seemed to specialise in gory goings-on with their Colosseum entertainments. Cartoons and foul facts, quiz questions and more!

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