{"title":"Terry Deary","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"horrible-histories-20-books-collection-set-terry-deary-ages-8-12-paperback","title":"Horrible Histories 20 Books Collection Set by Terry Deary - Ages 8-12 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSavage Stone Age\u003cbr\u003e\nAwesome Egyptians\u003cbr\u003e\nGroovy Greeks\u003cbr\u003e\nRotten Romans\u003cbr\u003e\nCut-Throat Celts\u003cbr\u003e\nSmashing Saxons\u003cbr\u003e\nVicious Vikings\u003cbr\u003e\nStormin' Normans\u003cbr\u003e\nAngry Aztecs\u003cbr\u003e\nIncredible Incas\u003cbr\u003e\nMeasly Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003e\nTerrible Tudors\u003cbr\u003e\nSlimy Stuarts\u003cbr\u003e\nGorgeous Georgians\u003cbr\u003e\nVile Victorians\u003cbr\u003e\nVillainous Victorians\u003cbr\u003e\nBarmy British Empire\u003cbr\u003e\nFrightful First World War\u003cbr\u003e\nWoeful Second World War\u003cbr\u003e\nBlitzed Brits\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781407177618\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Scholastic\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Range: 8-12 years\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Horrible Histories Blood-Curdling Box of Books brings twenty best-loved titles together in one gruesome flip-top box. From the Savage Stone Age to the Woeful Second World War, this collection lets young readers gallop through thousands of years of gory, gruesome and genuinely fascinating history. Written by Terry Deary and illustrated by Martin Brown, it's the ultimate gift set for curious kids who love history served with a healthy dose of humour and horrible detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSince the first title launched in 1993, Horrible Histories has become one of the best-selling children's non-fiction series ever, spawning a hit CBBC television show, stage productions and a legion of devoted young fans. This twenty-book collection spans the Stone Age through to the Blitz, covering the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Aztecs, Incas, medieval life, Tudors, Stuarts, Georgians and Victorians, right up to the British Empire and both World Wars. Each slim paperback is packed with the strange, stomach-churning facts that traditional history lessons leave out — rotten Roman toilets, terrible Tudor punishments, vile Victorian factories. Deary's irreverent, conversational writing strips away the dry dates-and-battles approach and replaces it with quizzes, cartoons, gruesome top-ten lists and eyewitness-style accounts that make the past feel vividly alive. Martin Brown's distinctive comic illustrations run throughout, adding visual jokes and character to every chapter. Because each title focuses on a single era in short, punchy chapters, the books work brilliantly for independent reading, reluctant readers, classroom topic work, or bedtime dipping in and out. 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