Ghosts

by Terry Deary

 

Boo! Discover all the frightful stories behind iconic ghost tales and legends from around the world with history's most horrible the ghost and ghouls edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to spooks and spirits.

From the ancient evils of Egypt, cutthroat Celtic sacrifices, Anne Boleyn and other restless royals, a deathly drummer boy trapped in the underground passages of Edinburgh, as well as ghost busters and spook rumblers, combined with tons of Horrible Halloween facts and top tips for getting rid of ghouls, it's all in Horrible Ghosts :

Fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories - with all the horribly hilarious bits included With a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new The perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019's brilliantly funny Horrible the Movie - Rotten Romans.  

Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, History, Paranormal

146 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2022

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

[Mark Pidgeon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Format on Kindle was all wrong so made it difficult to enjoy this more than I would have. The content that was readable was great but be warned if buying on kindle.

[em · Rating 4 out of 5]

Factual

[Sarah Baines · Rating 5 out of 5]

👻👻👻👻👻

Horrible Histories: Ghosts is an interesting and fun read. It's the first one I've read but I'll definitely be reading more.

[Mariana Osorio Schlögl · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5
I’ve read two other books on this “Horrible Histories” series and they are fun and you learn something.
However, this one felt short – I love ghosts and debunked ghost stories are amazing, but still…maybe too childish for me. But still fun to read.
The illustrations by Martin Brown are great and they do make the reading experience lighter.