Horribly Huge Book of Terrible Tudors

by Terry Deary, Neil Tonge, Martin Brown (Illustrator)

A horribly huge book of nasty bits that's just bursting with foul facts. It lets readers find out why Henry VIII thought he'd marrie a horse, or why Elizabeth I enjoyed visiting new toilets - and get stuck in to tons of wicked word games, killer quizzes and stacks of savage stickers.

Genres: History

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

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

[Gabby]

Everything you need to know about Egyptians and Romans can be found in here! It even has stickers at the front so you can organise the stickers where appropriate.

[Anne Frehen-Muris]

Kinderboek waarin een aantal gruwelen uit de geschiedenis met humor wordt beschreven.