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The Thief - The Fool and the Big Fat King by Terry Deary; Helen Flook (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Tudor Tales Ser.
Every day, hapless hopefuls - or 'coneys', as the locals call them - come to dirty and dangerous London town, trying to seek their fortunes. Who is waiting for them? Tricksters and conmen, that's who - like young Eleanor's family. Eleanor becomes troubled by her family's cunning and foils their plans to ...Show more
The Thief, the Fool and the Big Fat King - Tudor Tales by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Tudor Tales
Every day, hapless hopefuls - or 'coneys', as the locals call them - come to dirty and dangerous London town, trying to seek their fortunes. Who is waiting for them? Tricksters and conmen, that's who - like young Eleanor's family. Eleanor becomes troubled by her family's cunning and foils their plans to ...Show more
The Tomb of Treasure - An Awful Egyptian Adventure by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories Gory Stories
A brand-new series of horribly hilarious stories from the creators of Horrible Histories! With a cast of comic characters and the usual mix of foul fun, Terry Deary's Gory Stories are guaranteed to appeal to all Horrible Histories fans. Phoul pharaoh Tutankhamun has died and is about to be buried. It's ...Show more
The Twentieth Century (Horrible Histories Special) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories Special
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Who shocked the world by showing her knickers? How two monkey's and a dog became astronauts? Why a posh London restaurant served stewed cat? You can find out about last days of the vile Victorian Queen right up the nostalgic Nineties, with all the ...Show more
The Twisted Tunnels by Terry Deary
Category: Children's History | Series: Victorian Tales
Jenny and her grandfather are toshers. They survive by finding things in the sewer - anything they can sell, and they can sell almost anything. It's a horrible life, but they are managing. Until the building of the London Underground Railway destroys huge parts of the slums and takes away even their mea ...Show more
The Vampire of Croglin by Terry Deary
Category: Middle Readers
A spooky historical adventure from the author of Horrible Histories. When a sister and two brothers move into remote Croglin Grange, things soon begin to go bump in the night. The sister is attacked by a vampire and a body in the nearby graveyard shows signs of having 'walked'...What's going on? Terry D ...Show more
The Vile Victorians Activity Book by Terry Deary
Category: Children's | Series: Horrible Histories
The Vile Victorians (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories
'Vile Victorians' gives the reader all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicious Victorian villains.
The War Game by Terry Deary
Category: Young Readers | Series: World War I Tales
Stories of the First World War from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. Flanders, 1914. The German and British soldiers in the trenches make an unofficial Christmas truce, with carols and a football match. But the officers aren't happy...A veteran soldier and ...Show more
The Wicked History of the World by Terry Deary
Category: unmapped | Series: Horrible Histories S.
Foul but fascinating stories of humans throughout history, from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to terrified teenage soldiers in the 20th century. Find out: why Alexander the Great banned beards; what smelly sport samurai warriors played; and who tried to bump off her enemies with a poisoned cake.
The Woeful Second World War (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Horrible Histories
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 ...Show more