HOUSE of BOOKS - HORRIBLE HISTORIES

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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

 

 

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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"

"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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