Horrible Histories

Frightful First World War and Woeful Second World War

This work presents history with twice the nasty bits! Want to know: How sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First World War? Why wearing white knickers could get you killed in the Second World War? How a...

Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans

Want to know: What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts? How Ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey? Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium? Discover all the foul facts about the Rotten Romans - all the gore...

Oxford

This book has everything you could need to plot your path to the past. Using the frightful fold-out map of the city you can take a punt past corpse-ridden Christchurch and go skeleton-spotting at the cruel and...

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon may be a cute tourist town today, but Terry Deary reveals that the birthplace of Shakespeare was far from pleasant, with civil war struggles and beheadings making its history horrible.

The Blitzed Brits

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! 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? Discover all the foul...

The Frightful First World War

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What the `Fat King` did with food scraps and dead horses? How sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack? Why a pair of old socks gave away top...

The Smashing Saxons

Want to know: • who got cow pats as Christmas presents? • why wearing a pig on your head is lucky? • how to make a dead Saxon happy? Discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons - all the gore and more!

The Slimy Stuarts

The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the back of the book, these best-selling titles are sure to be a huge hit...

Vile Victorians

Want to know: • What vile Victorian parents called their children? • Who had a gruesome glass eye for every occasion? • When the first public loo was flushed? Discover all the foul facts about the Vile Victorians -...

Woeful Second World War

Want to know: • Who made a meal out of maggots? • Which smelly soldiers were sniffed out by their enemies? • Why white knickers could kill you? Discover all the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War - all the...