Product Description

This text describes the people who lived in Georgian times, from lords and ladies with personal hygiene problems to the poor. Find out about: horrible highway men; raging revolutions; plundering pirates; guys who wore wigs and makeup; and schoolchildren who went to war with their teachers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #361156 in Books
• Published on: 1998-02-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
In a world where the boys wore make-up and highwaymen ruled the roads, Terry Deary has uncovered some of the horrible truths about the Gorgeous Georgians in this riotous addition to the Horrible Histories range.

In this, another howling success for the series, famous villains like Rob Roy, Dick Turpin and Blackbeard, who all became folk heroes over time, are given the once-over by the sharp-penned Deary as he tells the truth about their lives of crime, leaving little doubt as to what they were really up to when they were on the run.

From poor hygiene and terrible food to a country overrun with body snatchers and thief-takers, the poor old Georgians didn't stand much of a chance in a country run by unsuitable politicians and less than stable monarchs, and Gorgeous Georgians wastes no time in taking a stab at this seedy side of Georgian life. --Susan Harrison

Customer Reviews

`The Gorgeous Georgians tells you about the people who lived in these riotous times. .....'
`The Gorgeous Georgians tells you about the people who lived in these riotous times.
Find out about lords and ladies with a personal hygiene problem, outrageous outlaws and pitiful peasants.

......The posh Georgians in Britain sent people to `Parliament' to argue with the king..............
... King George I didn't do a lot of arguing with his Parliament because he hardly spoke any English.
He gave a lot of presents and power to the Whigs and they ruled the country for him.
The Tories hated George I - they only supported him because they thought he was better than the Catholic James Stuart.
Even the Whigs didn't like him much!
Parliament now had power!
There were more Lords' sons in the House of Commons than any other group.....


Read on for curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests.........for your teacher!
History has never been so horrible!'

A witty, colourful cover opens to 129 pages, split over 11 chapters:-

Timeline
Gorgeous Georgians
Gorging Georgians
Top of the class
Gruesome Georgians
Bodies for sale
Quaint quack doctors
Gory Georgian fun and games
Wacky Georgian words
Rotten revolutions
Test your teacher

with an introduction and an epilogue.

Written with the typical Deary humour, in a variety of fonts, and superb illustrations/cartoons throughout, from Martin Brown.

the gorgeous georgians
I thought this was thrilling with its funny and hillarious facts and its skillful stories.If you fancy a history book this is the one for YOU!

Horrible, Historical and Hilarious.
From George I to George IV, Gorgeous Georgians takes you through more then a century of big wigs, revouloutions and breechs. Terry Deary's greatest achievment.