Horrible Histories: William the Conqueror's Secret Diary Award-winning author by Terry Deary (author) and Mike Phillips (illustrator)

From the bestselling team behind Horrible Histories! It’s time to delve into the totally true (sort of) and incredibly intriguing pages of William the Conqueror’s Secret Diary. Terry Deary steps into the mind of one of history’s most annihilating kings, bringing you William the Conqueror’s thoughts on:

the Normans!
England!
Matilda!
the French!
military!
the Church!
battles!
Hastings!

Horrible Histories’ Secret Diaries of the most extraordinary (and Horrible) characters of all time will blow your mind. Horrible Histories’ Secret Diaries are the perfect introduction to important figures from history. Fully illustrated throughout and told from the character’s (sometimes delusional) point of view, each diary reveals the (quite likely) inner workings of their minds during the events that shaped their lives. Covering key moments in William’s life and the history of the Middle Ages, the Secret Diary of William the Conqueror reveals his:

ascension to the Duke of Normandy
relations with the Church
battles with the French
meeting of Matilda
feuding family
battle of Hastings

… right up to the end of his life in 1087. Each diary is the perfect introduction to a pivotal era in British History, brilliantly immersive and sure to capture the imagination!

Product Details

Catalogue number

510 in SCB Offer May 2025

Series

Horrible Histories

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780702312366

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

November 10th, 2022

Other details

160 pages

Condition

New

Available in these packs

4books
Horrible History Secret Diary Pack

New

gbp prices

Offer price: £5.99

Rewards/RRP: £27.96

Part of this Series

Horrible Histories

Author/Illustrator

Terry Deary

Terry Deary was born in Sunderland in 1946 and currently lives in County Durham. Terry is a former actor, theatre-director and Drama teacher. He spends his time writing and directing for his television production company, managing his website, terry-deary.com, and touring his Horrible Histories exhibition. Terry is the author of 116 books in the UK and over 250 more worldwide, mainly for children and teenagers, including the popular non-fiction series Horrible Histories. Horrible Histories were launched in 1993 and are now sold in 28 languages from Russia to Brazil, Scandinavia to China.

In 2003, Horrible Histories celebrates its 10th Anniversary! Read more

In 1996 Terry was the best selling British children’s author with 5 of his books in the top ten best-sellers of the year (Waterstones Book Shop tables). In August 1997 he was still leading the way with thirteen titles in the top forty. (Bookseller listings). In 1999, The Daily Telegraph recorded that he outsold Enid Blyton by four to one and a Libraries survey made him the most-borrowed author of non-fiction in Britain – adult and children’s books. Terry currently holds 8 out of the 10 slots for ‘Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction’ authors in the Public Lending Rights annual survey covering July 1998-June 1999. In November 1999 Books for Keeps magazine readers voted him “The outstanding children’s non-fiction author of the 20th Century”.

Terry’s district council have awarded Terry an “oscar” as one of their top citizens and Sunderland University have awarded Terry an Honorary Doctorate in Education (HonDEd) which was awarded in July 2000.

In early 1998, the Top Ten series was launched with two titles written by Terry, Top Ten Shakespeare Stories and Top Ten Greek Legends.

Terry’s latest additions to the Horrible Histories series are the Horrible Histories Special: France and Cruel Crimes and Painful Punishment. And if Horrible Histories wasn’t keeping him busy enough Terry has also contributed a range of titles to the True Stories series including True Mystery Stories and True Horror Stories.

The Horrible Histories exhibition is up and running in museums around Britain until 2003. He has also just set up a television production company and is negotiating to make a series of audio tapes and writing radio scripts for BBC World Service.

“If you haven’t come across ‘Horrible Histories’ before you’ve missed a true publishing phenomenon – Terry Deary seems to have invented a whole new genre with his series of books looking at history in an entirely different way.” Books Magazine, July 96

“I do not like reading very much and my Mum is pleased that I have found some books I like so much that I read them without being asked!” Fan letter from 10-year-old boy

For more information why not visit www.terry-deary.com or join his fan club?