Horrible Histories Books In Order
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Terrible Tudors | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Awesome Egyptians | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Vile Victorians | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vicious Vikings | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rotten Romans | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Groovy Greeks | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dreadful Diary | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Measly Middle Ages / Plague And Peril | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Poisonous Postcards | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cut-Throat Celts | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angry Aztecs | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terrifying Tudors / Even More Terrible Tudors | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Savage Stone Age | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Woeful Second World War | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Gorgeous Georgians and the Vile Victorians | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horribly Huge Quiz Book | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Incredible Incas | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Christmas | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brat Pack: Measly Middle Ages | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cruel Crime And Painful Punishment | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Barmy British Empire | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Terrible Tudors Awful Anniversary Pack | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ruthless Romans | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wicked History Of The World | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Slimy Stuarts | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smashing Saxons | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Stormin' Normans | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Villainous Victorians | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Awesome Egyptians Activity Book | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rotten Romans Sticker Book | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vile Victorians Activity Book | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mad Miscellany | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Groovy Greeks Activity Book | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vicious Vikings Sticker Book | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blitzed Brits | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frightful First World War | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gorgeous Georgians | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Loathsome London | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Measly Middle Ages Activity Book | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slimy Stuarts Sticker Book | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horribly Huge Press-Out-And-Build Book | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Who's Horrible in History | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horribly Hilarious Joke Book | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horribly Huge Book Of Terrible Tudors | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tudors - A High-Speed History | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Frighfully Funny Quiz Book | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Awful Egyptians | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knights - A High-Speed History | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rome - A High-Speed History | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cruel Crime | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Deadly Days in History | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Big Fat Christmas Book | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Top 50 Kings and Queens | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terrible Timeline | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Christmas Sticker Activity Book | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This is a Horrible Journal | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crackin' Castles | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
This is a Horrible Book of Foul Facts | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Top 50 Villains | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gruesome Great Houses | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories 25th Anniversary Yearbook | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Up In The Air | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Diary of Henry VIII | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Diary of Queen Victoria | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Gory Stories Books
Shadow of the Gallows | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tower of Terror | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wall Of Woe | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Raiders And Ruins | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blackout In The Blitz | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pirates and Plunder | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Big Book Of Gory Stories | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides Books
Oxford | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stratford-Upon-Avon | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
York | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Edinburgh | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
London | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dublin | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gruesome Great Houses | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Handbook Books
Blitz | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spies | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nasty Knights | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Perilous Pirates | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wicked Witches | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wild Warriors | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terrible Trenches | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Handbooks Books
Pirates | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible History of the World | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Knights | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Warriors | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witches | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Villains | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Trenches | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Novelty Books
The Mad Millennium Play | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Massive Millennium Quiz Book | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terrible Trenches Field Book | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Specials Books
Cruel Kings and Mean Queens | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wicked Words | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Knights and Dingy Castles | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rowdy Revolutions | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ireland | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The USA | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Awesome Ancient Quiz Book | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
France | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Twentieth Century | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
England | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rotten Rulers | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wales | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scotland | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Beastly Best Bits | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Horrible Histories Non-Fiction Books
Terrible Tudors Sticker Book | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Awesome Activity Book | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Annual 2010 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Annual 2011 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Horrible History of Britain and Ireland | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible History Annual 2012 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides: London | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides: Edinburgh | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Annual 2013 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Annual 2014 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories Annual 2016 | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories is a collection of illustrated historical books written by Terry Deary, Neil Tonge, and Peter Hepplewhite and illustrated by Mike Phillips, Martin Brown, Kate Sheppard, and Phillip Reeve.
The first books in the series The Awesome Egyptians and The Terrible Tudors were published in 1993. As of 2011, more than 60 titles have been published, and the series sold over 25 million copies translated in over 30 languages. The novels have had a tie-in with audio-book tie-ins and tie-ins with major newspapers such as The Telegraph.
Terrible Tudors
Terry Deary was an author ahead of his time. He crafted books that boys fancied reading many years prior to the emphasis on children-friendly reading books and the efforts to closer the forever expanding gender gap in reading.
Horrible Histories is a series that has always been a real motivation for boys to read. Over the year’s progress has been achieved to the ways new books are printed to make them accessible to struggling readers. Horrible histories books have addressed these issues of widening gender gap in reading and makes the books not only the types that young boys would want to read but also the type of books that children and those experiencing reading difficulties can read.
The newer books are larger than older prints. They have 240 pages instead of 144 pages. The increase in the number of pages doesn’t translate to extra text. It’s the same book, but the text is larger, more spacing and larger illustrations. While this doesn’t seem like much change, a more spacing and larger text is recommended for those with dyslexia, and also makes reading easier for most kids.
Like all the books in the Horrible Histories series, Terrifying Tudors is written purposely to entertain. The author wanted to craft novels that kids would enjoy reading and not books for educational purposes. Regardless of whether to educate or not, his books are good in equal measure. They entertain and educate, and boys and younger kids will love these books.
The terrible Tudors were nasty people who took over the throne after the war of the roses. At the battle of Bosworth, Henry Tudor overpowers Richard III, and that marks the beginning of the Tudor era. Lots of bad things happened, King Henry, the eight had his six wives divorced, killed and died, divorced, killed, survived. He wanted a son to inherit the throne but got two daughters and finally a sickly son who only lived to 15 and died. Lady Jane Gray takes over the throne for less than a week before she is killed by Lady Mary, who takes over the crown as the queen. Jane converts everyone in the United Kingdom to Spanish protestant, and upon her death, Queen Elizabeth takes over the throne.
Despite all the evil things that happen during the reign of lady Jane, some good things come along the way. For example, America is discovered, and we got William Shakespeare. Additionally, Sir Francis Drakes circumnavigates the globe from 1577-1580.
Terrifying Tudors mainly focuses on the reign of King Henry, who the author refers to as a terrorist. While some will frown at Deary for referring to King Henry as a terrorist, the truth is that he did rule through terror and countless executions. He conducted 5 executions daily for 38 years. While Lady Mary may not have beheaded so many people as King Henry, her bloody practice of burning people alive earns her the title of a “terrorist” as well, even though her madness is not detailed documented here.
Finally, theirs is Elizabeth and the Golden age era, but this is not with some gruesome moments as well. The Terrible Tudors is narrated through Terry Deary’s normal style of jokes, short stories, and quizzes. The book features lots of deaths, bloody descriptions of murders. Hence it’s not ideal for sensitive kids. Additionally, it’s not ideal for sensitive adults.
The Awesome Egyptians
What runs in your mind upon the mention of Ancient Egypt? Maybe it’s the Great Pyramids of Giza, Origin of African Civilization, mummies, or the Pharaohs. Whether you love these stories or not, it’s a fact that ancient Egypt fascinates pretty much everyone.
If you’re a young reader fascinated about ancient Egypt, give these books a try. It’s a nonfiction children’s book written by Terry Deary with the help of Peter Hepplewhite and Martin Brown. The book comprises an introduction, a summary timeline that includes important details of each ruling folks, and much more.
Throughout the 3000 years, Ancient Egypt history seems like an impossible read, luckily the authors know how to intertwine facts with jokes and stories that will make the whole reading experience wonderful. Overall the Awesome Egyptians and other books in the Horrible Histories make history simpler to learn and also fun for readers of all ages.
Terry Deary majored in drama in college and took a career as an actor-teacher in Wales. He later became a theatre director and began writing plays for children. Most of his plays were later rewritten and adapted as books in the Horrible Histories series. Before the idea of Horrible Histories was presented to the author by a publisher, he had already authored more than 50 children’s books. As earlier mentioned, the books in Horrible Histories series are written to primarily entertain the readers. The author views himself as a kid who wants to share his stories with other kids and as an author who wants to entertain first and educate second.
There are twenty-three books in the original series. The series also includes a box set, two-in-one books, city guides, special books, comic strips, handbooks, novelty books, and more. The author stated that the book series would officially conclude in 2013. The series has received positive acclaim and has been generally well accepted. The book is quoted as a nonfiction series that has used a formula for entire young kids into reading. Additionally, the series has won and been nominated for several awards. They include 2000 and 2001 Blue Peter Book Awards as the best book with facts and best books for knowledge, respectively.
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