Product Description

Terry Deary presents the foul but fascinating story of humans, from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to terrified teenage soldiers in the twentieth century - all in glorious and goriest colour and now in flexi-bound paperback format. The truth about foul fighting is revealed in the Horrible Histories Rules of War, and readers can meet fifty of the most Vicious Villains of all time in the frightful fold-out feature. History has never been so horrible!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1481 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

A cover that YOU SIMPLY CAN'T MISS - in its ... er...`understated' tones of vivid ORANGE and PURPLE!
`...and that `subdued' cover opens to 93 pages, split over 16 chapters:-

Introduction
Horrible hunters
Savage cities
Terrible tombs
The awesome East
Rotten Rome
Beastly barbarians
Nasty knights
Terrifying torture
Super sacrifice
Evil explorers
Rowdy rebellions
Cruel criminals
Woeful workers
Wicked wars
Epilogue

finishing with a `Vicious Villains' Fold-Out with 50 of the foulest!'

If you have read the regular `Horrible History' series of books, you will be aware of the way in which TERRY DEARY puts knowledge across, in a humorous way. This book is no exception.

`Ever since the first `Horrible Histories' (HH) book appeared they have been used for all sorts of things....

To prove history teachers wrong
To pester parents with endless questions and quizzes
To disgust Grannies with foul facts at the tea table

(HH books have also been used to prop up wobbly tables, block draughts under doors and been torn up for toilet paper - but we won't go into that!)

Delightfully illustrated, throughout, in colour, by Martin Brown.

Gorgeous!!!!!
This book celebrates the tenth anniversary and just for start it tells you the history of the World,it's in full-size edition and for the first time ever is in full-color!!!This book talks about all the times,empires and people of the history from: the Horrible Hunters,Savage Cities,Terrible Tombs,The Awesome East,Rotten Rome,Beastly Barbarians,Nasty Knights to Terrifing Torture,Super Sacrifices,Evil Explorers.Rowdy Rebellions,Cruel Criminals,Woeful Workers,Wicked Wars and plus it has a fold-out that shows you the Fifty Biggest Vicious Villains from all the History!!!You will also meet the hoorible Rules of the War,the Slum Street Game and know:
-Why Alexander the Great Banned beards?
-What Smelly sport was played by samuray warriors?
_Who tried to bump of her enemies with a cake made of poisoned bath-water?
-Who had flat,or pointed or sqeezed heads?
-How was the life of the famous pirate "Black Beard" and what was his real name?
This book is hillarious,educational,and full of beatiful illustrations!!

Horrible Histories - In General!
I loved this book when I received it during the Christmas holidays, and not to long after the few days of festive action had ended. It tells you all about your subject and useful facts. Horrible Histories in general are great books, providing facts and fun for all!

I would recommend every part of all of the Horrible Histories books!