The Terrible Tudors and The Slimy Stuarts

Horrible Histories Collections

by Terry Deary

As antislavery crusader John Brown gathers men and arms at a small farm near Harper's Ferry, seventeen-year-old Annie Brown must decide: Is her father a visionary or a madman?

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Humor, Childrens, Tudor Period, Historical

251 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1997

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

[Princess · Rating 3 out of 5]

It may not be boring like those of our history subjects before. But I didn't quite understood or get some of the words used or written from it. I do need my DICTIONARY!

It has a lot of interesting facts that I know not, not after reading this. I also need a lot of fact checking if all written information here were true.

Lists of interesting topic as follows:
🚫TERRIBLE TUDORS
✅Henry 8's wives and children
✅Terrible Tudor Life and Death: Life begins at 40: On average, only one person in ten lived to the age of 40
✅Illnesses and Tudor cures
✅Terrible Tudor Mystery (William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe)
✅Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots
✅Mary's Secret Message
✅Elizabeth I (took a bath once every 3 months, 4 baths a year).

📝FACT CHECKS:
⌛Terrible Tudors Timeline
✍️Sir Francis Drake's Drum
✍️Buxted, Sussex (Nan Tuck's Lane)
✍️Tudor Superstitions
✍️The SPANISH ARMADA
✍️Sir Walter Raleigh
PURITAN???🤔💭
✍️Terrible Tudor Life for Women

🚫SLIMY STUARTS
✅William Harvey discovering that blood circulates (goes from the ♥️, round the body, back to the ♥️ and off again) by cutting up corpses./ Battle of Edgehill.
✅Smallpox (1,500 smallpox deaths in London in 1659).
✅Illnesses and Stuarts cure
✅William Drury (Haunting of Mompasson's House)
✅Stuart's invention of new ways of cooking and new food ideas (Pages 166-168).
✅Rules at the Dinner Table (page 171).
✅Charles II Great Escape (Oaktree) (page 176).
⌛Slimy Stuart Timelines
✍️Slimy James I, Charles I, Charles II
✍️Guy Fawkes, Sir Arthur Aston, Prince Rupert,
✍️English Civil War
✍️Dangerous Eddystone Rock and Henry Wistanley
✍️Stuart London Fire and Plague
PARLIAMENT????🤔💭
CAVALIER AND ROUNDHEADS🤔

[Xanthi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Tudors was a reread for me so I won’t comment again on it. The Stuarts book was just as entertaining, if horrible. The illustrations really add to this series. And although aimed at older children, they are just as good for adults - especially those with just a passing interest in history.

[Kayleigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much fun reading it

[Lucsbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terry deary has influenced my politics more than anyone else in the history of the world

[Cora Ferguson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wish I read these when I was younger and I’m telling myself this so history revision

[LS Schulz · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading this book, which I received as a souvenir from my husband's trip to England, I think I would definitely enjoy reading other books in this series.

There is a lot of information packed in this fairly short book, but it is presented with humor and interest, as well as alongside some very unusual and sometimes quite gruesome facts about life during the reign of the Tudors and Stuarts. It would certainly be a vocabulary stretcher for many adults, but I loved that they kept the original phrasing. There are a number of quizzes included that present some rather outlandish answers, and often it is the one you think couldn't possibly be the answer that turns out to be true. The drawings throughout were well done and also added humour to the information being presented.

[Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've always enjoyed the Horrible Histories series! This one is especially good because I already know quite a bit about these two periods. I think this book adds some more funny (yet real) details to my understanding of the Tudors and Stuarts. I would highly recommend this book to those who are interested in British history.

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book. It really does make history more accessible to kids (and adults, I guess). The first time I read it, I had to use a dictionary (I was 10 and English isn't my native language), but I still really liked it.

[Angela Randall · Rating 4 out of 5]

These two books together worked perfectly. I know a lot more about English monarchs now.

[Rob Frazier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun and interesting facts presented in a way to catch and hold your interest.

[Jenny · Rating 2 out of 5]

Why do I read kids books?

[Jules · Rating 2 out of 5]

Entertaining but a bit more suitable for younger readers (10-15).