Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories, Děsivé Dějiny, Hrôzostrašná História
Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated books published by Terry Deary. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms. The first books in the series, The Terrible Tudors and The Awesome Egyptians, were published in June 1993.
The Titles of Horrible Histories
- The 20th Century - (20th century)
- The Angry Aztecs - (Aztecs)
- The Awesome Ancient Quiz Book - (Quiz Book about Ancient Civilisations)
- The Awesome Egyptians (1993) - (Ancient Egypt)
- Awesome Annual 2007 - (A trip through history displaying all of the most ruthless rulers of all time)
- The Awful Egyptians - (Ancient Egypt)
- The Barmy British Empire - (British Empire)
- The Blitzed Brits - (The Blitz)
- Bloody Scotland - (History of Scotland)
- The Cut Throat Celts - (Celts)
- Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment - (Crime and Punishment)
- Cruel Kings and Mean Queens - (The Kings and Queens of England, Britain, and the United Kingdom)
- Dark Knights and Dingy Castles - (The history of Castles)
- Dreadful Diary - (An 'on this day' style diary.)
- Dublin - (Dublin)
- Edinburgh - (Edinburgh)
- Egent Edwardians (The Edwardian Era)
- England - (England)
- Even More Horrible History (by Tim Wood)
- Even More Terrible Tudors - (Tudor dynasty)
- France - (France)
- The Frightful First World War - (World War I)
- The Gorgeous Georgians - (Georgian era)
- The Groovy Greeks - (Ancient Greece)
- Horrible Christmas (2000) - (Christmas)
- The Horrible History of the World - (World History)
- Horrible Histories Handbooks - Knights - (Knights)
- Horrible Histories Handbooks - Pirates - (Pirates)
- The Horribly Huge Quiz Book - (Questions about this Millennium)
- The Incredible Incas - (2000) (Tahuantinsuyu - The Inca Empire)
- Ireland (2000) - (Ireland)
- Loathsome London - (2005) (London)
- The Mad Miscellany - (Miscellaneous)
- The Mad Millennium - (A Play-script story of 1000 years of Horrible British History)
- The Measly Middle Ages - (Middle Ages)
- Oxford - (Oxford)
- Poisonous Postcards - (a Card Book)
- The Rotten Romans - (Ancient Rome)
- The Ruthless Romans - (Ancient Rome)
- Rotten Rulers - (Rulers through the years)
- Rowdy Revolutions - (Revolutions throughout the world)
- The Savage Stone Age - (Stone age)
- The Slimy Stuarts - (House of Stuart)
- The Smashing Saxons (2000) - (Saxons)
- Stratford Upon Avon - (Stratford-upon-Avon)
- The Stormin' Normans - (Normans)
- The Terrible Tudors (1993) - (Tudor dynasty)
- The USA - (The United States of America)
- The Vicious Vikings - (Vikings)
- The Vile Victorians - (Victorian era)
- The Villainous Victorians - (Victorian era)
- The Wicked History of the World - (Earth's History)
- Wicked Words - (The History of Linguistics)
- The Woeful Second World War - (World War II)
- York