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The Groovy Greeks And The Rotten Romans
History with twice the nasty bits left in ...in a horrible new edition! The Groovy Greeks is full of fab facts about the hip 'n' happenin' Greeks. In Rotten Romans, readers follow life for folk in Roman times, from Nasty Nero to brave Brit Boudicca. Featuring curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tets ...History has never been so horrible!
Book PaperbackPublication 4/6/2009 288
Book PaperbackPublication 4/6/2009 288
288 pages, Paperback
First published September 19, 2003
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About the author
Terry Deary
823 books823 followersA 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
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
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December 8, 2012
Fun and easy to read. Good, interesting structure of the facts. You can learn lot of facts about everyday life and that's what you mostly don't get to hear in school. This series can make you interested in learning more about history.
December 28, 2018
I swear these books always teach me as much if not more as official adult history books lmao
July 29, 2011
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
January 26, 2012
Some repetitions because it's a combined book. But a good read nonetheless, especially on contributions of both empires to our life up till today. Funny as ever.
June 6, 2013
Great book and probably of interest to kids. The jokes and cartoons were funny.
Lots of British humor. My version of this book also had quite a few typos.
Lots of British humor. My version of this book also had quite a few typos.
September 25, 2015
Probably more fun if you are a thirteen-year-old British boy, but I still learned something.
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April 20, 2018
Well, if that wasn't enjoyable, I don't know what is. Nice and gruesome. And such excellent bad puns.
June 22, 2020
trigger warning
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