Knights

Horrible Histories High-Speed History #3

by Terry Deary

An exciting addition to the "Horrible Histories" series, these titles will tackle all the hot historical topics in a new full-colour format with durable cover. In the second title of the series, Terry Deary reveals the horrible history of knights - all the gore and more! Readers should forget the fairy tales from days of old when knights were supposed to be bold and damsels were always in distress, and brace themselves for the terrible truth about the cold-blooded killers. From Arthur and his mythical knights to warrior kings and cruel crusades, there are foul facts on a whole host of knasty knights plus dire details of the weapons they used and the rotten rules of knight fights.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Humor, Historical, Middle Grade

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

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

[Atlantis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Irreverent and pointedly pointing out the putrid bits of Knightly life. However, I see the appeal and it is a reasonable way to get kids to read more about history. A donation to my LFL.

[Mishon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just so- so. 2.5 rounded up because I was distracted while reading so it might be better than I give it credit for

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're not a fan of reading history books intended for adults, then the Horrible Histories series is the perfect way to learn. It has a great sense of humor and keeps history entertaining. I discovered this series at the British Museum in London and have been addicted ever since!

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[Fareeha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun as always. Didn't know castles were such dirty places :)

[Stephen Chuang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not for the faint-hearted!

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this aloud to my eldest son as part of his Medieval Europe unit study.
It has to be my FAVOURITE Horrible Histories book.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.