Horrible Histories - collection of books [Terry Deary, 1993-2004, PDF]

The Terrible Tudors


Year: 1993
Author: Terry Deary, Neil Tonge
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95437-1
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This one gives you all the grizzly details of Tudor life for everyone - from cruel monarchs, to poor peasants and common criminals. Want to know:
- why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse?
- how to play real football?
- four steps to become Miss World - Tudor style?
Read on to find some foul facts and horrendous beheadings, a mysterious murder, some curious quizzes and gruesome games.

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The Awesome Egyptians


Year: 1994
Author: Terry Deary; Peter Hepplewhite
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95433-9
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This title, among all the handy hints and tips and a few tales of dodgy Pharaohs, helps you to find out:
how to make your own mummy, how to test the theory that pyramids have magical powers, who was the first famous African long distance runner etc.

The Blitzed Brits


Year: 1994
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95434-7
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
Can you imagine life without television, road signs and bananas? Or only having enough clothing coupons to buy a small pair of knickers? Not to mention the late-night bombing raids. These were just some of the hardships for the people who stayed at home in WW2 - the blitzed Brits. 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?
This book helps to discover the foul facts about.

The Angry Aztecs


Year: 1997
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95432-0
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
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?
Find out about powerful priests, weird warriors, and the cunning Conquistadors, in this book which provides the foulest facts about Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc and other Angry Aztecs whose idea of fun was ripping out human hearts. Discover all the foul facts about the Angry Aztecs - all the gore and more!

Even More Terrible Tudors


Year: 1998
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95430-4
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This one takes you back for another look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Want to know:
- Who invited Queen Elizabeth I to visit his brand new toilet?
- What you get when you sew the front of a chicken to the back of the pig?
- How to catch jail fever when you've never been to prison?
Read on for amazing info of the good times and the gory - from the fabulous fun of the great goose fairs and the harmless horrors of Shakespeare's plays, to the vicious variety of painful punishments and the terrible trickery of the ruthless royal family.

The Stormin' Normans


Year: 2001
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic Hippo
ISBN: 0-439-99609-0
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This title contains fascinating facts about Bill the Conqueror and his bully boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the Crusades. There are tales of limb-chopping, terribly tortured saints and you can find out what "really" happened in 1066.
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 the foul facts about the 'Stormin' Normans'.

The Barmy British Empire


Year: 2002
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95429-0
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
In this one, readers get all the brutal facts about how Britannia really ruled the waves - from infamous antics in India to dreadful deeds down under. 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!

The Ruthless Romans


Year: 2003
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95431-2
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This title reveals the grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time - from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder into a sport. Want to know:
- Which emperor enjoyed eating the camel's heels?
- How a cow on your roof could bring you bad luck?
- The name of the goddess of door hinges?
Read on for the gory details about the cruel Colosseum and the people and animals who were massacred there. Run screaming from the reality of life as a Roman soldier and terrorize your teacher with foul facts about the Romans. History has never been so horrible ...

The Villainous Victorians


Year: 2004
Author: Terry Deary
Genre: novell
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 0-439-95438-X
Series: Horrible Histories
Language: English
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned Pages
Number of pages: 128

Description:
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant.
This one lets you in on the darkest secrets of Queen Victoria's Britain - from hard-living criminal kids to harder-hearted toffs who were criminally cruel.
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!