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تاریخ، با چهرهای وحشتناک! تاریخ ترسناک فرانسه شما را با حقایق منقلب کنندهی فرانسویهای شورشی و انقلابی آشنا میکند. با خواندن این تاریخ، نکتههایی از دوران دردناک قرون وسطی تا قرن ناجوانمردانهی نوزدهم درمی یابید. آیا دوست دارید بدانید: کدام پادشاه خیال میکرد از جنس شیشه ساخته شده است؟ چرا زمانی در فرانسه نان را با خاک آجر درست میکردند؟ چگونه به شیوهی راهزنهای فرانسوی لیلی بازی کنیم؟ پاسخ به این پرسشها را در کنار داستان زندگی پادشاهان پرمدعا، ملکههای مشنگ و انقلابیونی که وقتی از دست آنها به تنگ میآمدند، سرشان را از بدن جدا میکردند، پیدا کنید. همچنین، اطلاعاتی دربارهی قحطیهای مرگبار، ترورهای ترسناک و گیوتین گردنبُر بخوانید. تاریخ هرگز اینچنین ترسناک نبوده است!
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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About the author
Terry Deary
823 books823 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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April 10, 2023
خشم،گرسنگی،اسارت و مرگی که هزار سال بر روی هم انباشته شده باشد،زمانی که مجال جولان یابد وحشت آفرین ترین صحنه ها را می سازد..هر چه خواندن تاریخ لذت بخش و روشن کننده ست،زندگی در تاریخ اما تاریک و هولناک می نماید.
October 10, 2015
3.5 Stars
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For all my travelling this summer, I'm not going to France, but it was a nice and interesting read anyway. It also made the perfect companion novel to Promise of Blood due to it's focus on the workings of revolutions and the guillotine.
Like the other books in the series I've read so far, it's filled with little drawings, comics and everything else to give it that little bit extra that will cause children to like it even more. Although I'm no longer a child, I enjoyed them as well.
I also learned some new things about France. For I knew about some of their revolutions I had no clue there had been that many!
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For all my travelling this summer, I'm not going to France, but it was a nice and interesting read anyway. It also made the perfect companion novel to Promise of Blood due to it's focus on the workings of revolutions and the guillotine.
Like the other books in the series I've read so far, it's filled with little drawings, comics and everything else to give it that little bit extra that will cause children to like it even more. Although I'm no longer a child, I enjoyed them as well.
I also learned some new things about France. For I knew about some of their revolutions I had no clue there had been that many!
February 24, 2021
I learned a lot of things from reading this book. I learned how powerful France was and still is now. The books that Terry Deary writes are so funny for example he uses sarcasm in the title and often says the phrase "The Fabulous French". I really enjoyed reading this book because it has the perfect amount of information and humor to paint an interesting story.
January 19, 2021
This was another quick read for me. This book talks about how Napoleon Bonaparte had a bad habit of ______, and also how Marie Antoinette was ________. It also explains how after years of revolution for getting rid of a ______, they elected another ______ to rule them! This book talks about the formation of France, all the way towards the end of the 19th century. Now, if you are dying to find out what goes in the blanks, grab this horribly horrible book off the shelf of lots of horribly horrible Horrible History books and find out what should go in which blank!
August 7, 2024
Informative
September 17, 2022
I’ve always been fascinated by French history, and especially fascinated by the French Revolution and the major players of that period. So I wish I’d been able to remember more of this book from when I read it the first time.
I think going over French history can be quite difficult as there are so many people and players involved that you start to not be able to keep track of them all. So being introduced to them all through something like a horrible histories book is probably the best way to be introduced to them so you can at least try to keep them all straight in your mind.
I think going over French history can be quite difficult as there are so many people and players involved that you start to not be able to keep track of them all. So being introduced to them all through something like a horrible histories book is probably the best way to be introduced to them so you can at least try to keep them all straight in your mind.
February 12, 2020
And the peasants starved.
1. The cartoons in this one are hilarious and I kept snickering at them. I want to make a note of that, because the rest of this book made me a little upset.
2. I think this book suffered a little from trying to cram the entire history of France into a single tiny book? I mean, I know Horrible Histories handled the Incas and the Egyptians in the same way and I had no problem with those, but this was... different. There's clearly a lot that needs to be said about France, because the history bits were very /specific/ and not quite as broad-stroked as the other let's-cover-an-entire-identity books. This was clearly more "okay we have a lot of information and we need to delete a bunch of things" than "our data is limited so let's see what kind of coherent narrative we can construct out of what we have."
3. It's also uh- kinda horrifying. I mean, yes I know that's in the title but let's face it. Blood and gore isn't really that upsetting to read about. Systemic dehumanization and continuous massacres, though? A little harder to stomach. By the time I reached the second half of this book, I was wincing at every iteration of "starving peasants" because good lord the terrors were horrifying but also who can blame them? And while the cartoons were still funny (gallows humor, y'all) the manic alliteration and digs at school being terrible in the actual text felt a little... off. I mean, I've read The Woeful Second World War, so I know atrocities can be discussed in a funny book without it feeling dismissive. I'm not sure this book managed that.
4. As I recall, the only other HH book that made me too nauseous to actually enjoy the reading experience was The Barmy British Empire. I may need to revisit that for reference. //makes note
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December 10, 2020The basic history of France:
Peasants are hungry, nobles are doing nothing, one guy says “Vive la révolution” and then after many years royals say:
“You dummies we have cannons and cavalry against your pitchforks and brooms” and the peasants back off and then there is a tax hike.
All joking aside though, this book was ridiculous and told really well, i actually had no idea that Marie Antoinette was caught while she was trying to escape France because of her lack of patience while someone was checking her (forged) passport
Peasants are hungry, nobles are doing nothing, one guy says “Vive la révolution” and then after many years royals say:
“You dummies we have cannons and cavalry against your pitchforks and brooms” and the peasants back off and then there is a tax hike.
All joking aside though, this book was ridiculous and told really well, i actually had no idea that Marie Antoinette was caught while she was trying to escape France because of her lack of patience while someone was checking her (forged) passport
March 9, 2017
From the middle ages up to the nineteenth century, the French are revolting people (that they like to revolt, not being repulsive). History of France is filled with rebellion, with French Revolution as its climax. Overall, a fun book to read, filled with surprising facts, funny illustrations, and cheesy puns, things that won't bore you.
July 26, 2019
از مجموعه تاریخ ترسناک انتشارات افق
خوندنش خیلیییی طول کشید!!
نمیدونم شاید چون اوایل خیلی اتفاقاتش تکراری بود و وقتی به قرن هجدهم رسید،خودمم متوجه افزایش سرعت خوندنم شدم
با این حال مجموعه باحالیه و من خوشحالم یه همچین کتاب تاریخی جذابی وجود داره.
ولی خداییش واسه یه کتاب ۱۷۶ صفحه ای،یک ماه خیلیه!
هی میذاشتمش زمین.
خوندنش خیلیییی طول کشید!!
نمیدونم شاید چون اوایل خیلی اتفاقاتش تکراری بود و وقتی به قرن هجدهم رسید،خودمم متوجه افزایش سرعت خوندنم شدم
با این حال مجموعه باحالیه و من خوشحالم یه همچین کتاب تاریخی جذابی وجود داره.
ولی خداییش واسه یه کتاب ۱۷۶ صفحه ای،یک ماه خیلیه!
هی میذاشتمش زمین.
July 18, 2018
نشان دادن وقایع طولانی و شاید پیچیده به ساده ترین و طنازانه ترین شکل ممکن
عالی عالی
عالی عالی
September 25, 2018
Very interesting. Poor french peasants. Splat! But in the end it was the aristocracy. Chop!
June 17, 2020
Amusing. Horrible.
December 6, 2020
سری تاریخ ترسناک کتابهای خیلی خوبی هستند.حتما این کتاب و باقی کتابهای این سری را بخوانید
January 9, 2021
تحفه.❤️❤️
مش من كتب التاريخ اللي تمل منها .. بالعكس شيق جدا و فيه كوميكس كمان 😂😂♥️
مش من كتب التاريخ اللي تمل منها .. بالعكس شيق جدا و فيه كوميكس كمان 😂😂♥️
March 13, 2023
Slightly less confused about French history now.
Slightly.
Slightly.
April 29, 2025
fun read as always
June 9, 2013
Written for (pre-)adolescents (probably the 8- to 13-year-old crowd who would most likely be into this sort of horrible history), this slim volume of Horrible Histories of France tells all the... horrible... histories... that make the nation's narrative so, well, horrible. With creative cartoon after amusing anecdote, this book illustrates major events from the various historical periods that most helped to shape the nation and the culture.
My husband and I took turns reading this book aloud to each other as we drove through the French countryside on our last vacation. While I will say that he got more out of the book than I did -- this sort of humor being more his thing than mine -- we both thoroughly enjoyed learning about French history and culture from the perspective of some of its more colorful tales. The book may have been written for children, but we arrived at a number of historical sites with a fairly adult (we thought) perspective on the history that made the sites significant.
We've now passed the book on to my 11-year-old daughter, who seems to find the tales inside even funnier than we did. Highly recommended.
My husband and I took turns reading this book aloud to each other as we drove through the French countryside on our last vacation. While I will say that he got more out of the book than I did -- this sort of humor being more his thing than mine -- we both thoroughly enjoyed learning about French history and culture from the perspective of some of its more colorful tales. The book may have been written for children, but we arrived at a number of historical sites with a fairly adult (we thought) perspective on the history that made the sites significant.
We've now passed the book on to my 11-year-old daughter, who seems to find the tales inside even funnier than we did. Highly recommended.
October 14, 2024
Francja od lat fascynuje mnie pod wieloma względami, dlatego byłam ciekawa jej historii, a jednocześnie szukałam krótkiej, szybkiej lektury. Ta okazała się być świetnym wyborem, ponieważ w dwa dni lektury dowiedziałam się podstaw historii Francji i dobrze się bawiłam na humorystycznych fragmentach. Język był zrozumiały, a żarty językowe jak zwykle na poziomie. Forma nie odstawała od innych książek z tej serii, przyspieszając czytanie. Świetnie się bawiłam w trakcie lektury, odkrywając przy tym ogrom rzeczy, o których nie miałam pojęcia. Przekrojowy podział na epoki sprawił, że wiedza miała szerszy zakres.
March 24, 2015
I subscribed to the series after watching an advert online, and read them as soon as they arrived, and couldn't wait for the next one to come out! They give such great facts about each time period and even on periods I knew about, the magazines contained information I had never heard before.
Having not studied the French revolution, I found this magazine quite dull as a child, but reading it again as I have gotten older, I found this quite interesting and factual.
On to number 34...
Having not studied the French revolution, I found this magazine quite dull as a child, but reading it again as I have gotten older, I found this quite interesting and factual.
On to number 34...
July 29, 2011
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
January 20, 2014
As we don't learn much about French History in the UK this book was just right for giving me the basics. It was particularly interesting to me as I have French ancestry with my 6xGreat Grandfather Jacques Jolin leaving France about 1740ish for the shores of Jersey.
September 15, 2007
این کتاب هم مانند تمامی سری کتاب های تاریخ ترسناک تاریخ را با زبان طنز بیان مرده البته به نوعی کمیک اتریپ هم استفاده شده است.
واقعا برای من جالب بود.
واقعا برای من جالب بود.
July 17, 2009
great historical background and some lame, childish jokes along with true wit about the history of france
June 11, 2011
Great book about france. Tells you all about the revolts that france had (a lot). A fun way to read about history in france with all the horrible bits in it!
February 23, 2012
フランスの歴史を楽しく説明。とぼけた味わいのイラストもいい感じ。
ただ、私には理解できないジョークも、知らない単語も多かった。
ただ、私には理解できないジョークも、知らない単語も多かった。
March 10, 2015
233 - 2015
August 14, 2016
I learnt a lot about French History in such a fun way.
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