Terry Deary wastes no time in letting his readers know that the Cut-Throat Celts is designed to inform them of the interesting bits of history including the gory detail which their teacher might leave out. Historic Celtic customs offer plenty of opportunity as illustrated by the Drudic sacrifice depicted on the front cover of this Horrible Histories title. Humour is the vehicle which allows Deary to present this potentially blood curdling information to children in a way which interests rather than distresses them. It was this humorous series of children’s history books which really broke the mould and due to its popularity led to many imitators of varying quality. Deary quotes the classical sources where much of the darker material about the Celts is derived from and acknowledges its bias. In fact this is a very informative history book which offers the opportunity for children to get more historically accurate detail than they might otherwise get from many other children’s history books.

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Product Description

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: · Why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes on? · How to preserve your enemy's brain? · Why the Celts laughed at funerals? Discover all the foul facts about the Cut-throat Celts - all the gore and more!

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #37340 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

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Customer Reviews

`...the ghastly truth about the wild warrior race who weren`t afraid to ...
....fight the rotten Romans....and who had the horrible habit of collecting human heads.

Want to know:-

why weird Celt warriors fought with no clothes on?
how to preserve your enemy's brain?
why the Celts laughed at funerals?

Read on for some gory stories about suffering saints, gruesome games for Celtic kids, and find out about the dreadful Druids, their strange sacrifices and terrible trials.
History has never been so horrible!'

A witty, colourful cover opens to 127 pages, split over 9 chapters:-

Timeline
Getting to know the cut-throat Celts
Lousy legends
Batty beliefs
Weird war
Woe for women
Crazy Celt life
Crime and punishment
Weird words


with an introduction and an epilogue.

Written with the typical Deary humour and illustrations from Martin Brown throughout.

Hilarious!
I had never heard of the "Horrible Histories" series until I picked this book up in a souvenir shop while on holiday in Scotland. Always having an interest in Celtic history, I was eager to read it. Within the first few lines, I was hooked and wanted to read to the end. I found it really witty but also very factual. A great, very enjoyable way to learn history. I have read it several times now and it still cracks me up! I was delighted to discover that it was part of a series and I am currently awaiting a delivery of more "Horrible Histories".

Splendid book for all ages
Terry Deary continues to make history accessible for the non-history major with this charming book. He gives you a great introduction to the non-literate Celts, using the written sources available (Roman, Greek, etc.)

The result is humorous, interesting and factually correct. The cartoons by illustrator Martin Brown wonderfully complement the text. I showed my book to a few friends at work, and had a very difficult time getting it back! I hope they start publishing more of these delightfully horrible histories in the United States soon.