Queen Boudica's Secret Diary

by Terry Deary

Terry Deary steps into the mind of one of history's most powerful warriors , bringing you Boudica's thoughts on: Horrible Histories' Secret Diaries of the most extraordinary (and Horrible) characters of all time will blow your mind .  Horrible Histories' Secret Diaries are the perfect introduction to important figures from history. Fully illustrated throughout and told from the character's (sometimes delusional) point of view, each diary reveals the (quite likely) inner workings of their minds during the events that shaped their lives. Covering key moments in Boudica's life and the history of the Roman Empire's rule in Britain , the Secret Diary of Boudica reveals her: Each diary is the perfect introduction to a pivotal era in British History, brilliantly immersive and sure to capture the imagination!

Paperback

Published May 5, 2022

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

[Sharon]

Always loved these books, not disappointed, even at my age l have learnt something new.

[Cesarea, Hunter of Artemis and Daughter of Athena]

Amazing!!!
Terry Deary decided to make up his own ending with his interpretation that instead of drinking poison and dying Boudicca and Marcus planned the whole thing and got married. It wasn't historically accurate but I liked it, it wasn't a bad ending.
I would love to see more Boudicca themed books but that's mostly based on my hyperfixations.

Thanks,
Cesarea

[The Bibliognost Bampot]

Horrible Histories does it again. Poignant and sad, but very funny too.
Just a bit disappointed at quite so many grammatical and continuity errors. What’s going on? It’s not like the fantastic Horrible Histories I love so much!

[Vanessa]

Secret diary

I recommend this diary for 8+. It was so exciting, the front cover
just makes you want to read. It's like your actually in the
book watching it all happen before your eyes, how
the details just make it so easy to picture