Horrible Histories

Overview

HORRIBLE HISTORIES® is the world’s bestselling children’s history book series – written by Terry Deary, illustrated by Martin Brown and published by Scholastic. Over 30 million copies are in print, and the series has been translated into 38 languages since the books first published over 30 years ago. Uniquely funny, fact-filled and unflinching, the books have inspired award-winning TV series, sell-out stage-shows, a feature film, exhibitions, attractions, magazines and games. Horrible Histories has been described as: ‘A cultural phenomenon’ (Daily Telegraph), ‘Brilliant’ (Mail on Sunday), ‘Anarchic’ (Daily Express), ‘A winning formula’ (Evening Standard) and ‘The cultural behemoth that has been merrily illustrating the gruesome corners of the past since 1993’ (The Times).

In this series

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  • Awesome Egyptians (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians (newspaper edition)

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  • Dublin Horrible Histories: Dublin

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  • Ghosts Horrible Histories: Ghosts
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  • Henry VIII's Secret Diary Horrible Histories: Henry VIII's Secret Diary
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  • Horrible History of the World (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Horrible History of the World (newspaper edition)

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  • Incredible Incas (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Incredible Incas (newspaper edition)

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  • Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages (newspaper edition)

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  • On the Road Horrible Histories: On the Road

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  • Paws, Claws and Jaws: The World's Wildest Animal Tails Horrible Histories: Paws, Claws and Jaws: The World's Wildest Animal Tails

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  • Queen Boudica's Secret Diary Horrible Histories: Queen Boudica's Secret Diary

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  • Queen Victoria's Secret Diary Horrible Histories: Queen Victoria's Secret Diary
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  • Rotten Romans Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans
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  • Ruthless Romans (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (newspaper edition)

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  • Savage Stone Age (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Savage Stone Age (newspaper edition)

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  • Slimy Stuarts (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Slimy Stuarts (newspaper edition)

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  • Smashing Saxons (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Smashing Saxons (newspaper edition)

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  • Stormin' Normans (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Stormin' Normans (newspaper edition)

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  • Stratford-upon-Avon (newspaper edition) Horrible Histories: Stratford-upon-Avon (newspaper edition)

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  • Terrible Tudors Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors

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  • Terrifying Tudors Horrible Histories: Terrifying Tudors
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  • The Truly Terrible History of the Toilet - Flush with Facts Horrible Histories: The Truly Terrible History of the Toilet - Flush with Facts

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  • The Worst in the World Horrible Histories: The Worst in the World

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  • Top 50 Kings and Queens Horrible Histories: Top 50 Kings and Queens

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  • Up in the Air Horrible Histories: Up in the Air

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  • Vicious Vikings Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings

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  • William the Conqueror's Secret Diary Horrible Histories: William the Conqueror's Secret Diary

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Authors

Terry Deary

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Born in Sunderland in 1946, Terry Deary lives in County Durham with his family. Terry’s early life was spent in his father’s butcher’s shop and his career in the arts began in 1972 at Theatre Powys in Mid Wales. He has worked as an actor, theatre-director, drama teacher and television presenter. Terry still acts with roles in British films and has appeared in the Horrible Histories TV, stage-shows and feature film. As an actor, Terry began writing scripts. One of his most successful was The Custard Kid which became his first novel in 1977. Terry has enjoyed over 40 years as an author, including over 80 titles in Horrible Histories the world’s bestselling children’s history series. He is also an author of fiction and non-fiction for adults. Terry is an ambassador for his home city of Sunderland and was made a Doctor of Education at Sunderland University.

Martin Brown

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Martin Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia, and has lived in England for over 30 years. He lives in Dorset with family. Arriving in London in 1983, Martin got a job as a bicycle courier – without any knowledge of the capital’s geography. It was short-lived. This was followed by a role in Harrod’s toy department: achievements included caricaturing customers and successfully wrapping a full-sized rocking horse. While working at London Graphic Centre, Martin decided to pursue his dream to become a cartoonist. Having access to the contact details of every publisher helped. One of the first publishers he contacted was Scholastic who commissioned him for the Coping with… books before uniting him with Terry Deary to create the world’s bestselling children’s history series, Horrible Histories. Martin’s recent books beyond Horrible Histories include his Lesser Spotted Animal series and Nell and the Cave Bear (both also written and illustrated by him). A proponent of ‘drawing is for everyone’, Martin inspires children (and their families) across Britain at festival appearances and shows.