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Horrible Histories: The Cut-Throat Celts
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2008)
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Cut-throat Celts, including why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes on, how to preserve your enemy's brain and why the Celts laughed at funerals. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
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Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2007)
Go back into the really rotten times of the Romans, where there were beastly battles, deadly doctors and marvellous myths. Discover what Roman soldiers wore under their kilts, how ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey and why rich Romans needed a vomitorium.
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Horrible Histories: The Savage Stone Age
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2008)
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: * What Stone Age people used instead of toilet paper? * Why a hole in the skull is good for headaches? * How to make a Stone Age mummy? Discover all the foul facts about the Savage Stone Age - all the gore and more!
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Horrible Histories: The Villainous Victorians
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2008)
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the VILLAINOUS VICTORIANS, including Why burglars were scared of bogies, which poet said he ate an ape and how a snick fadger might kiddy-nap your spangle. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
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Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2007)
Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings, including Viking Gods in wedding dresses, corpses on trial and Death by booby-trapped statues.
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Horrible Histories: Wicked Words
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic Ltd (2011)
Readers can discover all the foul facts about WICKED WORDS, including how to be very rude ... without anybody knowing, some murky Medieval jokes and what to say if someone calls you mundungus, hackum or Jabbernowl.
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Horrible Histories: Woeful Second World War
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2007)
If you ever hear old folk moaning on about the world today, just remind them how woeful things were in the Second World War. Readers can discover why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty, what really happened in Dad's Army and how to make a rude noise with a gas mask. History with the nasty bits left in!
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Horrible Histories:Terrifying Tudors
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic Ltd (2009)
Take a look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Discover who invited Queen Lizzie to visit his brand new toilet and what you get when you sew the front of a chicken to the back of a pig. History with the nasty bits left in!
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Horrible Histories:The Awesome Egyptians
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2007)
Step back to an awesomely ancient time with the Awesome Egyptians. Discover which king had the worst blackheads, why some kings had to wear false beards and why the peasants were revolting. History with the nasty bits left in!
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Horrible Histories:Vile Victorians
Part of a series: Horrible Histories
Publisher: Scholastic (2007)
They may have looked all prim and proper, but the Victorians were a jolly naughty bunch who could be vicious and violent and villainous. Readers can discover the murderers who wouldn't hang, when the first public loo was flushed and about stag hunting in Paddington Station. History with the nasty bits left in! 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary.
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