HOUSE
of BOOKS - HORRIBLE HISTORIES
LATEST TITLES
To see the latest titles and plans for new Horrible Histories up to 2010 then go to "The Deary Diary"
In May 2007 the "Horrible Histories" series was re-released with new covers and extra new material. Let's hope the new look will be as popular as the old. here they are, side by side ...
HERE'S
A FULL LIST of HORRIBLE HISTORIES :
THE AWESOME EGYPTIANS 1993
THE TERRIBLE TUDORS 1993
THE VILE VICTORIANS 1994
THE ROTTEN ROMANS 1994

THE VICIOUS VIKINGS 1994
THE BLITZED BRITS 1995
CRUEL KINGS & MEAN QUEENS 1995
THE GROOVY GREEKS 1995
THE SLIMY STUARTS 1996
WICKED WORDS 1996
DREADFUL DIARY 1996
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 1996
THE MEASLY MIDDLE AGES 1996

THE CUT-THROAT CELTS 1997
DARK KNIGHTS & DINGY CASTLES 1997
THE ANGRY AZTECS 1997
THE GORGEOUS GEORGIANS 1998
BLOODY SCOTLAND 1998
EVEN MORE TERRIBLE TUDORS 1998
FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR 1998
ROWDY REVOLUTIONS 1999
THE MAD MILLENIUM (PLAYSCRIPT) 1999 *
THE SAVAGE STONE AGE 1999
THE WOEFUL SECOND WORLD WAR 1999
THE SMASHING SAXONS 2000

THE INCREDIBLE INCA 2000
HORRIBLE HISTORY OF IRELAND 2000
HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS 2000
THE STORMIN NORMANS 2001
THE USA 2001
THE AWESOME ANCIENT QUIZ BOOK 2001 *
THE BARMY BRITISH EMPIRE 2002
FRANCE 2002
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 2002
THE RUTHLESS ROMANS 2003
A WICKED HISTORY OF THE WORLD 2003
VILLAINOUS VICTORIANS 2004
ENGLAND 2004
THE MAD MISCELLANY 2004 *
LONDON 2005
ROTTEN RULERS 2005
EDINBURGH 2005
YORK 2005

AWFUL EGYPTIANS 2006
STRATFORD 2006
DUBLIN 2006
OXFORD 2007
WALES 2008
TERRIBLE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN POP-UP 2008
HORRIBLE HISTORIES PUSH OUT AND BUILD BOOK 2009
DREADFUL DAYS IN ROME 2009 (Comic-strip book)
HANDBOOKS (Full colur)
PIRATES HANDBOOK 2006

KNIGHTS HANDBOOK 2006
OXFORD 2007
WARRIORS HANDBOOK 2007
WITCHES HANDBOOK 2007
VILLAINS HANDBOOK 2007
WW1 TRENCHES HANDBOOK 2008
SPIES OF WORLD WAR 2 HANDBOOK 2009
WW2 THE BLITZ HANDBOOK 2009

A HORRIBLE HISTORY OF BRITAIN 2010
WHO'S HORRIBLE IN HISTORY HANDBOOK 2010
Note ... the "Handbooks" are full colur.
Titles marked * are now out of print.
You can get signed copies from this website
HORRIBLE HISTORIES - GORY STORIES (Fiction)

TOMB OF TREASURE (Egypt) 2008
TOWER OF TERROR (Tudor England) 2008
SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS (Victorian Britain) 2008
WALL OF WOE (Roman Britain) 2008
RAIDERS AND RUINS (Vikings) 2009
BOMBS ON BRITAIN (WW2 Britain) 2009
THE PLAGUE OF PAIN (Middle Ages) 2009
THE TRAIL OF TREASURE (Pirates) 2009
ORDER YOUR HORRIBLE HISTORIES BOOKS HERE
THE HISTORY OF THE SERIES
Once
upon a time the best selling books in Britain were always, always
fiction - stories. Then along came Horrible Histories and changed
all that!
In
1996 Horrible Histories were the best selling books with 5 titles
books in the top ten best sellers of the year. (Waterstones Bookshop
tables)
In
August 1997 they were still leading the way with thirteen titles
in the top forty. (Bookseller listings).
In
1999 The Daily Telegraph recorded that Terry Deary outsold Enid
Blyton by four to one and a 1999 Libraries survey made Horrible
Histories the most-borrowed series of children's non-fiction in
Britain - with 8 titles in the top 10.
In
November 1999 Books for Keeps magazine readers voted Terry Deary
"The outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th
Century".
In
January 2000 a Schoolsnet survey made him the most borrowed British
author in school libraries while March's World Book Day Poll made
him Britain's fifth most popular living children's author.
Now
Terry's books sell around the world in over 20 languages from Russian
to Korean, Welsh to Lithuanian.
Dr
Dee asks: "Where next? Mars? Pluto? Alpha Centauri?
PEOPLE
SAY ABOUT THESE BOOKS
THE
TERRIBLE TUDORS (Scholastic "Horrible Histories ")
Runner up "Times Educational Supplement 1993 Book Awards"
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"If you teach
history you must have a copy. But keep it chained to the desk.
Wet lunchtimes and end of term lessons will never be the same.
For Terrible Tudor swear words, dreadful jokes and an unearthing
of the kind of spine-chilling evidence that all pupils love
it's unbeatable"
Times Educational Supplement
"Until now
I've only read one book about Horrible Histories which is
the rotten Romans and I enjoyed it a lot. Because I read this
book I understood that they are great books so I recommend
it to you all. These books are full of fun read them as soon
as possible."
Giulio, USA Reader |
DID
YOU KNOW ...?
HORRIBLE
HISTORIES CAUSE HAVOC
Horrible
Histories cause trouble whenever they are published! There is always
some miserable, po-faced party-pooper who jumps up and says, "You
can't say that ... even if it is true!"
Several
of the books have been banned in some places and "Bloody Scotland"
was reported to The Commission for Racial Equality by a bunch of
well, nutters who call themselves "The Scottish Separatist
Group".
The
National Trust banned "Cruel Kings and Mean Queens" because
it tells a story (true) about Prince Charles' ears. And Prince Charles
happens to be loved by National Trust members!
Dr
Dreary says: "Some sad people have no sense of humour!"
SUPER
SAMPLE - CAUSING HAVOC
From
Horrible Histories - Bloody Scotland.
This
is the bit that upset the touchy Scots! Terry Deary dared to call
their Haggis "horrible!" Read the real recipe and make
up your own mind!
Horrible
Haggis
It doesn't matter
who invented it, Scotland is now famous for the 'Haggis'.
Robbie Burns wrote
a poem called "To a Haggis" and called it the "great
chieftain of the puddin' race." Here's a quick guide,
in case you fancy chomping on the chieftain...
1 First kill your sheep. (If you haven't any beef suet handy
then you may have to kill a cow as well.)
2 Cut out the sheep's heart, its liver, its lungs and its
stomach. Turn the stomach inside out to clean it of all that
half-chewed grass, (not to mention the crunched beetles that
were living on the grass and the sheep-droppings that the
sheep accidentally sucked up.)
3 Meanwhile pop the heart, liver and lungs into some boiling,
salted water. (If you get bored waiting for them to cook,
then take the sheep's wool and knit yourself a kilt.)
4 When it's all nicely cooked then mince it all together.
(I hope you remembered to wash your hands.)
5 Stir in salt, pepper, nutmeg, cayenne and a chopped onion.
Then add a pound of chopped beef suet, oatmeal and a cup of
gravy. Mix it all together. (Keep stirring till it looks like
a hedgehog after the fifteenth lorry has run over it.)
6 Stuff the sheep's stomach with the mixture. (Remember to
stitch up one end before you start packing it in the other
end otherwise there'll be a mess on the floor.)
7 Boil the pudding in a large pan of water for three hours.
(You'll be getting hungry by now. That's all right - you'll
enjoy the haggis all the more when you get to eat it, so keep
your hands off that bag of crisps.)
8 Invite your favourite teacher to dinner. (Or, even better,
the teacher who gave you the worst report in the universe).
9 Serve the Haggis on a well-starched napkin. (A handkerchief
that you've just blown your nose on will not do.)
10 Watch your guest eat the Haggis with chappit tatties and
bashed neeps (that's mashed potato and mashed swede to you
ignorant readers) - and, while they're eating, tell them what's
inside!
If your guest
is religious then you may like to recite a couple of lines
of Robbie Burns's "Selkirk Grace" before they tuck
in. Burns said some people have food but can't eat it; other
people need food but can't get any. He ends ...
But we hae meat
and we can eat,
And so the Lord be thankit. |
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