Horrible Histories: Top 50 Kings and Queens Award-winning author by Terry Deary (author) and Martin Brown (illustrator)

Discover all the foul facts about the history of royalty with history’s most horrible headlines: Top 50 Kings and Queens edition. The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to 50 foul royals across history. From who kept a zoo in the Tower of London and which monarch died from eating too many eels to who pretended to be a corpse to make an escape. It’s all in Horrible Histories: Top 50 Kings and Queens :

fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories - with all the horribly hilarious bits included
with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new
the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read
Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019’s brilliantly funny Horrible Histories: the Movie – Rotten Romans.

Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot. Read all about it!

Product Details

Catalogue number

506 in Setanta SCB Offer May 2025

Series

Horrible Histories

ISBN

9780702325151

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

March 2nd, 2023

Other details

144 pages

Condition

New

Available in these packs

8books
Horrible Histories x8

eur prices

Offer price: €26.00

Rewards/RRP: €77.90

Part of this Series

Horrible Histories

Author/Illustrator

Terry Deary

Born in Sunderland in 1946, Terry Deary lives in County Durham with his family. Terry’s early life was spent in his father’s butcher’s shop and his career in the arts began in 1972 at Theatre Powys in Mid Wales. He has worked as an actor, theatre-director, drama teacher and television presenter. Terry still acts with roles in British films and has appeared in the Horrible Histories TV, stage-shows and feature film. As an actor, Terry began writing scripts. One of his most successful was The Custard Kid which became his first novel in 1977. Terry has enjoyed over 40 years as an author, including over 80 titles in Horrible Histories the world’s bestselling children’s history series. He is also an author of fiction and non-fiction for adults. Terry is an ambassador for his home city of Sunderland and was made a Doctor of Education at Sunderland University.