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Fantastic Titles
Welcome to the Horrible Histories Book Zone
where history has NEVER been so horrible!
Find out about all the latest titles in this best-selling
series which is now more than ten years old! There'll
be new information every month, so make sure you stay
up to date!
You can also read all about the author, Terry
Deary and illustrator, Martin
Brown, in the Author
Zone.
It's history with the nasty bits left in! |
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Deadly Days in History
Think you know all the horrible facts of history? Take a whirlwind tour through the most dreadful, disastrous and deadly days in the whole of horrible history with this brand new title in the Horrible Histories series. All the gory bits from the grim Great Fire of Rome to the vile St Valentine’s Day Massacre have been left in.
ISBN: 978 1407 12145 1. Hardback. £12.99 |
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 Measly Middle Ages
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! So read on if you want to know... * a genuine jester's joke * why chickens had their bottoms shaved * what ten-year-old treacle was used for Plus, you can find out all about miserable Medieval monks, the dreaded Black Death, and schools that really knew how to make the kids suffer! And there are gruesome games and revolting recipes to try at home as well!
ISBN: 978 1407 13576 2. Paperback. £6.99 |
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 Rotten Romans
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. And if you're feeling really brave, you can also find out... * What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts * Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium * How their deadly doctors were more likely to kill you than cure you * How to tell the future using a dead chicken It's the real story of the rotten Romans... for those who can stomach it!
ISBN: 978 1407 13577 9. Paperback. £6.99
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 Awful Egyptians
Think you would have liked being an Ancient Egyptian? Not after you've read this book! Discover the disgusting details of their groovy gods, their potty pyramids and (of course!) their mad mummies. Find out how a hunted hippo got his own back on a foul pharaoh! Discover the truth about cool queen Cleo and the curse of Tutankhaumun! There's also a Top Ten of funny pharaohs, a Mad Mummies quiz and lots of foul facts about the messy mistakes the Egyptians made before becoming mummy-making experts. History has never been so horrible!
ISBN: 978 1407 13575 5. Paperback. £6.99 |
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 Terrifying Tudors
Do you like your history horrifying? Then the Terrifying Tudors will tantalise you! Shudder at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects, who were always losing their heads. Discover what Tudors did in the good times and the gory times, from their great goose fairs and foul festivals to the terrible tricks of their ruthless royal family. It's history with even more nasty bits left in!
ISBN: 978 1407 13578 6. Paperback. £6.99 |
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Horrible Christmas (2012)
HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS is filled with all the festive facts every HORRIBLE HISTORIES reader wanted to know, but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask! The complete horrible history of Christmas, from the dark days when the Puritans tried to abolish Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches when the British and Germans traded bullets for footballs. Plus dreadful jokes, rotten recipes, and a Christmas quiz!
ISBN: 978 1407 13496 3. NS – Paperback. £9.99 |
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Horrible Histories Annual 2013
THE HORRIBLE HISTORIES ANNUAL 2013 is a must-have for all Horrible Histories fans. Packed with foul facts, gory games, dreadful jokes and putrid puzzles, plus content from Horrible Histories TV and the virtual world - it's the annual with rat-itude!
ISBN: 978 1407 13270 9. Hardback. £7.99 |
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 Cruel Crime
History gets even more horrible when you're on the wrong side of the law! From villainous vices to dark dungeons and cruel convict ships sailing to Australia, get the whole horrible story of crime and punishment in the past! Find out who was sentenced to death by coffee, where you could be whipped for flying a kite, and why a cockerel was burnt at the stake. Discover the truth about brutal school beatings, test the wits of your local policeman - and see if you can escape a brutal beheading in the Tower of London game! It's history with the nasty bits left in!
ISBN: 978 1407 13465 9. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Horrible History of Britain and Ireland
At last, Terry Deary turns his hand to the blood-curdling HORRIBLE HISTORY OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND! All the foul facts from the murky pasts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales revealed in full colour. It's an adventure packed with romance, war, murder and gore that begins around 300,000 BC and ends circa now. Taking in such horrible highlights as the Black Death, the Battle of Culloden, and the London of Jack the Ripper. Readers can discover all the dreadful deeds that made Britain not so great.
ISBN: 978 1407 12410 0. Paperback. £9.99 |
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 Horrible
Christmas 2011
History with the nasty bits left in!
This book supplies all the festive facts every Horrible Histories reader wanted to know, but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask! Includes foul but festive food, cruel Yule disasters and seasonal stories to dens a shiver down every reader’s spine. From the dark days when the Puritans tried to abolish Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches when the British and Germans traded bullets for footballs. Taking in the first crackers, Christmas trees and a recipe for umble pie along the way.
Horrible Histories TV series is a smash hit on CBBC winning three BAFTAS and a British Comedy Award!
Horrible Histories Virtual World launches June 2011. Find out more at www.horrible-histories.co.uk
ISBN: 978 1407 13033 0. Paperback. £9.99 |
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 Who’s Horrible in History
A Who’s Who - with a terrible twist!
Starring the fifty foulest people of all time, this lurid line-up of crazy criminals, wicked women, manic monarchs and ruthless rulers is the first of its kind! From awful assassins to gruesome grave-robbers and the beastly "Blood Countess", meet history's most merciless miscreants and murderers in this laugh-out-loud compendium. It's stuffed with putrid profiles, cool cartoons, nasty newspaper articles, despicable diary entries and "Sticky End" fact files. Beware! You won't find any kind, thoughtful, caring, boring people listed here. Only fantastically foul, awesomely evil, totally HORRIBLE ones!
ISBN: 978 1407 11688 4. Paperback. £9.99 |
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 Horrible
Histories Annual 2012
Packed with the classic barmy blend of foul facts, cartoon strips, stories, jokes, activities and puzzles, the 2012 Annual includes a whole heap of nasty bits.
A must-have for all fans of the series, it’s guaranteed to keep boredom at bay for another year.
ISBN: 978 1407 12963 1. Hardback. £7.99 |
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 Wicked Words
What do you say if someone calls you mundungus, hackum or Jabbernowl?! Kids will love learning to get their revenge with some really wicked words - even English teachers will be speechless!
In 'Wicked Words', Terry Deary runs riot through the horrible history of the English language. Words have never been so horrible!
ISBN: 978 1407 11193 3. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 20th Century
Horrible Histories takes readers bang up-to-date with the terrible 'Twentieth Century'.
Readers will love to find out all the most rotten recent history, from the last days of the vile Victorian queen right up to the nostalgic Nineties, and all the amazing changes and incredible inventions that happened in between!
ISBN: 978 1407 11192 6. Paperback. £7.99 |
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 Rowdy Revolutions
Which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum? And what was Count Dracula REALLY like?
Readers will delight in discovering all the dreadful detail about the gruesome guillotine in the French Revolution, meeting the legendary leaders like Leon Trotsky, and getting terrible tips on how to plan their own rowdy revolution.
ISBN: 978 1407 11191 9. Paperback. £7.99 |
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 Rotten Rulers
Rotten Rulers gives readers 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.
History has never been so horrible!
ISBN: 978 1407 11190 2. Paperback. £7.99 |
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Vile Villains
by illustrated by Martin Brown
From gangs of gangsters to maniacs
who massacre, readers can meet the biggest baddies in
history and discover how they tortured and terrified
their way to the top. History has never been so horrible!
ISBN: 978 1407 11752 2. Large Format Paperback. £9.99 |
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 Terrible
Trenches
illustrated by Martin Brown
From foul food to legions of lice,
Horrible Histories fans can discover life in the trenches
from both sides of the barbed wire. The indispensable
guide to terrible trenches in large format blood-curdling
colour.
ISBN: 978 1407 11751 5. Large Format Paperback. £9.99 |
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Spies
illustrated by Mike Phillips
It's history with the nasty bits left
in!
From dastardly disguises to cracking codes - Horrible
Histories fans can discover if they have the stuff secret
agents are made of. The indispensable guide to secret
spies in large format blood-curdling colour.
ISBN: 9781407117508. Large Format Paperback. £9.99
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 Knights
- A High-Speed History
illustrated by Dave Smith
The long and complicated story of
Knights is told as never before - without being long
or complicated! Ten comic-strip capers deliver all the
dreadful details from that supposedly chivalrous era.
History has never been so speedy.
ISBN: 978 1407 11187 2. Paperback. £6.99
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 Horrible
Histories Annual 2011
The Horrible Histories annual is back, busting holiday
boredom yet again! Filled with treacherous tyrants,
brutal buccaneers, evil emperors and violent villains,
it's full of foul folk you wouldn't want to meet in
a dark alley - but who are great to read about on a
dark winter's night. From the awesome Ancient World
to the monstrous Middle Ages, and from the sinister
1700s to the terrible 20th Century, discover the beastliest
battles, the deadliest diseases and the rowdiest revolutions.
There's enough horrid stuff in here to make you howl
with glee - but aren't you lucky that you live in the
not-so-nasty now?
ISBN: 978 1407 12029 4. Hardback. £7.99 |
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Knights
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.
ISBN: 978 1407 11469 9. Paperback.
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Pirates
You 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.
ISBN: 978 1407 11468 2. Paperback.
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Warriors
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 bloody-thirsty
battles. Find out whose savage stallion liked to munch
on human flesh and why ninja poo was a deadly weapon.
ISBN: 978 1407 11467 5. Paperback.
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Witches
The truth is revealed 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.
ISBN: 978 1407 11466 8. Paperback.
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 Dublin
by Mike Phillips
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 his bath?
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.
ISBN: 978 1407 11071 4. Paperback.
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 Edinburgh
by Mike Phillips
Want to know: Whose pickled skin became a sought-after
souvenir? Why it's alright to spit on the High Street?
How the pupils of Edinburgh High School got away with
murder? Plot your path to the past with a frightful
full-colour map of the city's horrible highlights -
climb up the cursed castle for tales of reckless raids
and hit the High Street for a whole host of historical
horrors!
ISBN: 978 1407 11097 4. Paperback.
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 Oxford
by Martin Brown
Want to know: What a liripoop
is? Which potty professor liked to walk like a dinosaur?
What's buried beneath the botanical gardens? Plot your
path to the past with the frightful fold-out map of
the city - take a punt past corpse-ridden Christchurch
and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and crumbling
castle.
ISBN: 978 1407 11077 6. Paperback. £5.99 |
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London
by Martin Brown
Want to know: What caused the Great Stink of 1858?
Why the flying dustmen were feared? Who ate a tosher
for tea? Plot your path to the past with the frightful
full-colour map – take a trip to the terrifying
Tower and dip into the River Thames (London's largest
toilet!).
ISBN: 978 1407 10423 2. Paperback.
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 Stratford-upon-Avon
by Mike Phillips
Want to know: The rules of the Olympic sport of shin-kicking?
Why locals like to lob cheese in the river? Which of
Shakespeare's characters was baked in a pie? Plot your
path to the past with the frightful full-colour map
- pay your respects at the playwright's grave, then
brave spooky Sheep Street, home of an awful axe man,
a weird witch and possibly the most haunted house in
England.
ISBN: 978 1407 11078 3. Paperback.
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by Mike Phillips
Want to know: Why Ivar ended up boneless? What made
a three-legged mare so terrifying? Why eating too many
sproggs will get you a bazzerkin? Plot your path to
the past with the frightful full-colour map - meet at
the Minster, the home of battling bishops, amble through
the blood-soaked Shambles and then climb the Micklegate,
where so many traitors headed off!
ISBN: 978 1407 11079 0. Paperback.
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 Who's
Horrible in History
Stories, newspaper articles, diary entries and fact
files reveal just who put the horrible in history, from
rotten rebels to wicked women.
ISBN: 978 1407 10789 9. Hardback.
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Huge Book of Terrible Tudors
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.
ISBN: 978 1407 11090 5. Paperback.
£9.99
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 Horrible
Histories: Groovy Greeks/Percy Jackson
by Terry Deary, Rick Riordan
Two books in one! When you’ve
discovered all the foul facts about the Groovy Greeks,
flip the book over to read a Percy Jackson mini adventure.
A winning combo for World Book Day!
www.worldbookday.com
ISBN: 978 0955 94468 0. Paperback. £1.00 |
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 Ruthless
Romans
The grim truth behind the greatest
empire of all time is revealed - from the terrible twins
who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder
a sport. Find out which emperor enjoyed eating camel's
heels and the name of the Roman goddess of door hinges.
History with the nasty bits left in!
ISBN: 978 1407
10424 9. Paperback. £4.99
www.horrible-histories.co.uk |
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 The
Incredible Incas
It'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!
ISBN: 978 1407 10427 0. Paperback.
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 The
Angry Aztecs
It’s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to
know:
• Why the Aztecs liked to eat scum?
• When the world is going to end?
• How
to play a really violent ball game?
Discover all the foul facts about the Angry Aztecs –
all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 1407 10425 6. Paperback.
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 Villainous
Victorians
It’s history with the nasty
bits left in! Want to know:
• Why burglars were scared of bogies?
• Which poet said he ate an ape?
• How a snick fadger might kiddy-nap your spangle?
Discover all the foul facts about the Villainous Victorians
– all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 1407 10431 7. Paperback. £4.99
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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!
ISBN: 978 1407 10421 8. Paperback. £4.99
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 The
Savage Stone Age
Want to know:
• What Stone Age people used instead of toilet
paper?
• Why a hole in the skull is good for headaches?
• How to make a Stone Age mummy?
Discover all the foul facts about the Savage Stone Age
– all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 1407 10428 7. Paperback. £4.99 |
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 The
Cut-throat Celts
Want to know:
• Why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes
on?
• How to preserve your enemy’s brain?
• Why the Celts laughed at funerals?
Discover all the foul facts about the Cut-throat Celts
– all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 1407 10426 3. Paperback. £4.99 |
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Slimy Stuarts (new edition)
The next title in the hugely
successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With
a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits
at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are
sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of
Terry Deary fans.
ISBN: 978 1407 10429 4. Paperback. £4.99
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The Gorgeous Georgians (new edition)
The next title in the hugely
successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With
a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits
at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are
sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of
Terry Deary fans.
ISBN: 978 1407 10419 5. Paperback.
£4.99 |
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 The
Stormin' Normans (new edition)
Want to know:
Why Norman knights slept with a dolly?
Which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint?
Why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee?
This book lets you discover all the
foul facts about the "Stormin' Normans" -
all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 1407 10430 0. Paperback. £4.99 |
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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!
ISBN: 978 1407 10418 8. Paperback. £4.99 |
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 Frightful
First World War (new edition)
The next title in the hugely
successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With
a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits
at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are
sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of
Terry Deary fans.
ISBN: 978 1407 10302 0. Paperback.
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Horrible Histories: The Blitzed Brits (new edition)
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!
ISBN: 978 1407 10343 3. Paperback.
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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!
ISBN: 978 0439 94403 8. Paperback. 4.99 |
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Groovy Greeks (new edition)
Want to know:
• Why some groovy Greek girls ran about naked
pretending to be bears?
• Who had the world's first flushing toilet?
• Why dedicated doctors tasted their parents'
ear wax?
Discover all the foul facts about
the Groovy Greeks - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 0439 94402 1. Paperback. 4.99 |
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Terrible Tudors (new edition)
Want to know:
• Why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse?
• All about terrible Tudor torture?
• Which shocking swear words the Tudors used?
Discover all the foul facts about
the Terrible Tudors - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 0439 94405 2. Paperback. 4.99 |
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Vicious Vikings (new edition)
Want to know:
• Why some 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?
Discover all the foul facts
about the Vicious Vikings - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 0439 94406 9. Paperback. 4.99 |
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Vile Victorians (new edition)
Want to know:
• What vile Victorian parents called their children?
• Who had a gruesome glass eye for every occasion?
• When the first public loo was flushed?
Discover all the foul facts about the Vile Victorians
- all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 0439 94404 5. Paperback. 4.99 |
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Woeful Second World War (new
edition)
Want to know:
• Who made a meal out of maggots?
• Which smelly soldiers were sniffed out by their
enemies?
• Why white knickers could kill you? Discover
all the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War
- all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978 0439 94399 4. Paperback. 4.99 |
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 Loathsome
London
The nasty bits of London's glorious and
goriest history - from early Roman Londinium to the
blasting by the Blitz. Terry
Deary revisits all the old favourites: Romans, Saxons,
Normans, Tudors, Stuarts; all in one book!
ISBN: 978 0439 95900 1. Paperback.
£4.99
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Even More Terrible Tudors
ISBN: 978 0590 11254 3. Paperback. £4.99 |
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