Warriors

by Terry Deary

Terry Deary tells the terrible truth about fighting men from around the world, including Roman soldiers, Greek soldiers, Vikings, Samurai and native American warriors.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Humor

96 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2007

About the author

A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.

[Maple Class · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was about warriors in History. Whether it's about how they dies or a tale about them it was interesting. I liked the part about Ninjas. Did you know at the battle of Stanford Bridge a Viking held the bridge so Saxons had to send a boat under and spear him?
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[Xanthi · Rating 3 out of 5]

As can be expected, this one was especially violent and gruesome. I like that it wasn’t Eurocentric. Although there was a fair bit of European history, the book included Australian Aborigines, Native Americans, Māoris, and several other cultures.

[Jasmin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good. I like it

[Tessie Dragon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Děsivé dějiny - zajímavá a vtipná knížka v 1. Celou sérii jsem si zamilovala. ;)

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.75

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated books published in the UK by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. They are exceptionally well loved by my history loving children

[Lettervreter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Waanzinnig om te weten EXTRA

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sensationalization without contextualization.

[Ianm · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was great. I love this series and I love the movies. I wish there were more.