Want to know: Whose savage speciality was nostril-splitting? Which evil emperor served up guts in goldishes? Whose axe-murdering antics were turned into a ballet? From gangs of gangsters to maniacs who massacre, this title introduces the biggest baddies in history, and lets you discover how they tor[...]
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. Discover why Alexander the Great banned beards, what smelly sport was played by samura warriors and who tried to bump off her e[...]
Learn all about the GORGEOUS GEORGIANS with all the nasty bits left in. You probably thought that Georgians just spent their time prancing about in powdered wigs and pantaloons. Find out the horrible truth, like their sneaky schemes for hiding personal hygiene problems and about the schoolchildren w[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the AWFUL EGYPTIANS, including why people worshipped a dung beetle, which pharaoh married her grandfather and what the 'Shepherd of the Royal Backside' had to do. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Dea[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the BARMY BRITISH EMPIRE, including how a war started when a Brit was sitting on a stool, who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls and why a British soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet[...]
HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: LONDON takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of London, exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. Take a trip to the terrifying Tower, dip into the ruthless River Thames and peer into creepy St Paul's Cathedal. Plague, pestilence and fire, it's a t[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the RUTHLESS ROMANS, including which emperor enjoyed eating camel's heels, who were the terrible twins who founded Rome and which evil emperors made murder a sport. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry D[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the STORMIN' NORMANS, including why Norman knights slept with a dolly, which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint and why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another gen[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the VILLAINOUS VICTORIANS, including Why burglars were scared of bogies, which poet said he ate an ape and how a snick fadger might kiddy-nap your spangle. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans[...]
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 revoting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicio[...]
Readers can learn what life was really like in the Measly Middle Ages - in days of old when knights were bold, women wore tall pointy hats, and the peasants truly were revolting. In Vicious Vikings, readers get all the frightening facts about these vile invaders and their savage Saxon enemies, from [...]
HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: DUBLIN takes his readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Dublin, exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. With the frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past - picnic with pirates at St Stephen's Green, creep around the cruel ca[...]
HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon exposing all its scurrilous secrets. With a frightful full-colour map tourists can plot their path to the past. Fatal fleabites, bloody battles and brutal beheadings, it'[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about Cruel Kings and Mean Queens, including 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. With a bold look these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with ye[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about Dark Knights and Dingy Castles, including why one nutty knight chopped off his own finger, the revolting truth about a gong-farmer's job and what went on in gruesome castle garderobes. With a bold look these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit w[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about France, including which king thought he was made of glass, why French bread was once made from broken tiles and bricks and how to play hopscotch lik a French highwayman With a bold look these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another [...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the USA, including which president was so scared of electric switches that he slept with his light on, why cowboys declared war on sheep and how to have a civil battle. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Ter[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about Rotten Rulers, including who gave the job of high priest to a donkey, who choked to heath while eating a crow and who celebrated victory by eating his enemy's head? With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling tit[...]
This title presents fifty foul people from history - personally selected by His Dearyness for their beastly behaviour. It is split into ten sections including: Awful Assassins, Rotten Rebels, Wicked Women, Crazy Criminals, Ruthless Rulers, etc. Each section follows a different format - stories, news[...]
DEADLY DAYS IN HISTORY is the most horrible HORRIBLE HISTORIES book yet. Terry Deary and Martin Brown take a whirlwind tour through the most dreadful, disastrous and deadly days in the whole of horrible history, from the grim Great Fire of Rome to the vile St Valentine's Day Massacre, leaving the go[...]
Another lavish production for Xmas - this time the Wicked History of Britain in full colour. Re-using material from the entire series (approx 70%), Terry weaves together a tale of rottenness, rioting and revolution to give readers a one-stop shop of horror. The histories of England, Scotland, Wales [...]
Take a look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Discover who invited Queen Lizzie to visit his brand new toilet and what you get when you sew the front of a chicken to the back of a pig. With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselli[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the VICIOUS VIKINGS, discover Viking gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and death by booby-trapped statues. With a bold new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.[...]
Readers can discover all the facts about the SAVAGE STONE AGE such as what they used instead of toilet paper, why a hole in the skull is good for headaches and how to make a Stone Age mummy. With a bold new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry[...]
HORRIBLE HISTORIES WITCHES 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, why people were paid to prick a witch and much, much more. It's everything you need to know about WITCHES - a[...]