The long and complicated story of Ancient Rome is told as never before \- without being long or complicated! Ten comic-strip capers deliver the dreadful details from that terrible and tyrannical era. Readers are taken on a blood soaked tour from Romulus and Remus to Caligula and Cassius. History has[...]
TERRY DEARY'S BEST EVER SHAKESPEARE TALES tells you more than what happens in everyone's favourite Shakespeare plays - he tells you the stories behind them too. Find out how the plays were originally staged and what Shakespeare himself might have thought of his work being taught in schools. Includes[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the RUTHLESS ROMANS, including what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts, how ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey and why rich Romans needed a vomitorium. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the GROOVY GREEKS, including why girls ran about naked pretending to be bears, who had the world's first flushing toilet and why dedicated doctors tasted their patients' ear wax! This bestselling book is sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation [...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the AWESOME EGYPTIANS, including why some pharaohs wore false beards, which king had the most blackheads and revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the TERRIBLE TUDORS, including why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse, all about terrible Tudor torture and which shocking swear words the Tudors used. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fan[...]
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 new cover look and a heap of-extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit w[...]
Part of the "Horrible Histories" series, this title tackles the historical topics, revealing the truth behind the lousy pirate legends. It lets readers 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[...]
Old, ailing Elizabeth I has heard of a plan to overthrow her. One of the rallying points for the uprising was to be the Globe Theatre, so she throws Shakespeare's theatre company into prison. Can James, a boy actor, and the bard think of a way to earn the Queen's forgiveness -and be freed?[...]
The day Queen Mary Tudor - or Bloody Mary", as she's called, because she has anyone who doesn't go to church burned - came to town was the most terrifying day of young Meg's life. Everyone wants to impress her Majesty, and what better way to show their devotion than by burning a witch?"[...]
Every day, hapless hopefuls come to dirty and dangerous London town trying to seek their fortunes. Who is waiting for them? Tricksters and conmen - like young Eleanor's family. Eleanor seeks to foil her family's plans, but meanwhile King Henry VIII has some rather cruel ideas of his own.[...]
King Henry VII is mean and ruthless, and he's very angry when a young boy called Lambert Simnel announces that he, not Henry, should be the king of England. But Lambert is no match for the powerful king. And no-one is more surprised than Lambert to hear what his extraordinary punishment will be.[...]
Tutankhamen has been buried in his rocky tomb. But there is a plot to rob the grave of its vast wealth as soon as possible after the funeral. A motley gang of villains have all the skills they need to undertake the crime - the key member of the team is young Paneb, who is small enough to slip throug[...]
The Great Pyramid is a lively place to work. The only irritation is Antef, the fussy, bullisome supervisor who makes everyone feel more like slaves than free workers - so much so that they end up going on strike to protest against him! When Antef disappears, the workers are blamed.[...]
This is a tale of Neria, who works in the House of Death, helping her father to make the mummies. Neria enjoys her work, but when the pharaoh dies, it all goes into overdrive mode. Everyone is so busy that Neria is given the responsibility of mummifying the pharaoh's cat, to accompany him to the Aft[...]
Menes is training as a scribe in the local temple, and to earn extra money to help his poor family, he agrees to assist rich old Maiarch. Menes must write a prayer to rid Maiarch of an old family ghost. But what if the ghost is actually more human than superhuman?[...]
Young Acheron is a liar. Everybody knows it. But when a stranger comes to the city to announce that the Greeks have departed, leaving a special gift of a wooden horse, Acheron is suspicious. He races to tell Prince Paris about the Greek plot, but will anyone believe him?[...]
750 BC. The boys at school are excited. Their teacher suggests the school holds its own Olympic games. Elena watches as her twin brother, Cypselis, prepares and discovers a bet with Big Bacchiad. If Cypselis wins he gets a new goat, if he loses then Elena becomes Bacchiad's slave. Elena needs to mak[...]
430 BC. Darius, orphaned by the plague in Athens, joins his Uncle Alcmaeon, a Spartan army general. The ruthless Spartans think him worthless until his uncle falls sick and only Darius can find a cure. Now a hero, his uncle offers Spartan opulence but Darius finds the brutal Sparta too much and want[...]
213 BC. The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, Lydia. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, and the Greeks turn to Archimedes for help, it is she who comes up with the answers. Of course Archimedes is a lion in the eyes of the folk of Syracuse. He takes all the credi[...]
AD 51. Rome is full of the news that the infamous British chief Caratacus has been captured. Little does Bran, a feisty young Celtic slave, realize that this event is going to change his life.[...]
AD 113. As Pliny's household prepares for a feast, Pliny tells his young serving boy the tale of a terrifying ghost that haunted a garden. But there's no truth in ghost stories or is there?[...]
387 BC. Brutus, a trainee priest at the Temple of Juno, hates the temple's holy geese. Little does he realize how useful they will be when the vicious Gaul army invades the city.[...]
AD 64. Rome is a frightening place. But little does Christian slave girl Mary realise the dangers that await her when she accompanies her master to the city. It is the day of the chariot races and Mary finds herself the only witness to a terrible crime.[...]
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR, including what the 'Fat King' did with food scraps ad dead horses and how sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack. These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry D[...]