Travel back into the measly Middle Ages, where the world was full
of wild women, mad monks, naughty knights and crazy kings and queens!
Discover a genuine jester's joke, why chickens had their bottoms
shaved and what ten-year-old treacle was used for. With a bold,
accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be
a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible
Histories more accessible to young readers.
2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
This is Book 1 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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