Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great
houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome
Great Houses edition.
Jump into horrible houses with Terry
Deary, the master of making history fun. From Holyroodhouse
in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace
in London, this book covers the history of Britain and Ireland
from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present
day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost
stories and terrible tales of betrayal
and revenge, it’s a seriously horrible
read with all the gore and more... It’s all in Horrible
Histories: Gruesome Great Houses:
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.
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This is Book 98 in the Horrible Histories Series. See all Horrible Histories books here.
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Terry Deary is the author of over 300 fiction and non-fiction books, which have been published in 32 languages. His historical fiction for older children Tudor Terror has been praised as 'a marvellous blend of fact and fiction' (School Librarian). His non-fiction has been consistently in the best-seller lists since 1994. His Horrible Histories celebrated t
More about Terry DearyWhen Martin Brown was little he loved drawing and he loved animals, particularly lesser-known animals, so it was only a question of time before he ended up drawing them. Quite a lot of time . . . In the meantime, he grew up, moved from Melbourne to England, and illustrated the phenomenally successful Horrible Histories series. Now, at last, it's time for the
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