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Terry Deary's Terribly True Stories
True Detective Stories
What is it like to be a spy? Glamorous and exciting? This collection of true stories tells the tales of international espionage, including the facts about equipment, codes and disguises in the real-life world of spies.
224 pages, Paperback
First published February 16, 1996
About the author
Terry Deary
783 books857 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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May 16, 2024
This short story collection features true tales of crimes and investigations around the world. I really enjoyed the author's different styles to tell the stories and the book contains lots of facts throughout too.
It's an interesting read, and one of many true stories books from this series.
It's an interesting read, and one of many true stories books from this series.
February 2, 2017
If you can, listen to this one as an audiobook because the narrator does an excellent job on one voice in particular- that of an irate rural Australian woman. It was too damn funny!
I liked that I had only heard of one of the cases that was covered (the Lindberg kidnapping) and that they ranged in topics - jewel theft, corporate blackmail, murder, poisoning, etc.
I liked that I had only heard of one of the cases that was covered (the Lindberg kidnapping) and that they ranged in topics - jewel theft, corporate blackmail, murder, poisoning, etc.
April 16, 2020
A good quick read, with a variety of interesting true crime stories from the perspective of detectives around the world. I loved the one on police criminals.
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