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Crackin' Castles (newspaper edition) ebook
Discover all the foul facts about the history of fortresses with history's most horrible Crackin' Castles edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to 50 foul castles across history. From which is the most haunted castle in Britain and why an army disguised themselves as cows to which castle defender used a frying pan as a shield. It's all in Horrible Crackin' Castles :
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. Read all about it!
226 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 2, 2023
About the author
Terry Deary
767 books872 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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June 21, 2020
Super fun book! :)
April 6, 2024
I love Horrible Histories. I grew up on these books. This one, however, just missed the mark for me.
Whilst it is formatted like your classic HH book, I found that the issue may lie with either the stories or castles selected.
For some of the castles the stories told are either stories confirmed not to be true (and an acknowledgement in the book that they aren't true), without mentioning the real story. Or alternatively some are stories of things that happened near the castle and have nothing to do with it.
As someone who like reading their books on castles, it was a bit disappointing that there are castles that would be perfect for a book like this that were missed, and then for the ones included, they have better stories that could have been shared.
Whilst it is formatted like your classic HH book, I found that the issue may lie with either the stories or castles selected.
For some of the castles the stories told are either stories confirmed not to be true (and an acknowledgement in the book that they aren't true), without mentioning the real story. Or alternatively some are stories of things that happened near the castle and have nothing to do with it.
As someone who like reading their books on castles, it was a bit disappointing that there are castles that would be perfect for a book like this that were missed, and then for the ones included, they have better stories that could have been shared.
March 17, 2026
I have always loved castles, the designs of the buildings and the stories behind them have always fascinated me and they were a major part in my love of history. The Horrible Histories books were another major factor in my early love of the topic, so Horrible Histories: Crackin' Castles was a very fun, nostalgic read between heavier books. featuring the great humour and fun illustrations that the series is well known for, this book summarises the long history of British castles in a fun and concise manner.
March 25, 2019
This was NOT what I was expecting! I really expected a book which was comparable to the series Great British Castles, but it wasn't like that at all. You just get a name of a castle, a year and one (!) story about said castle. That's it. It kinda let me down, really! I'm usually a really big fan of all the horrible histories books, but this one was just a disappointment and felt unnecessary in the series. A shame!
August 10, 2019
There's a reason these books make history majors. And it was super fun to read about castles I'd visited studying abroad this summer!
August 20, 2020
Book packed with 'horrible' facts 😁 great read for big and small!
October 16, 2022
Lots of lovely insights to different castles and lists of little ghost stories too.
July 10, 2024
Interesting
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