Horrible Histories Blood Curdling 20 Books Collection By Terry Deary - Ages 9-14 - Paperback

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• Savage Stone Age 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! Awesome Egyptians It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Which king had the worst blackheads? Why some kings had to wear false beards? Why the peasants were revolting? Discover all the foul facts about the Awesome Egyptians
• all the gore and more! Groovy Greeks It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why some groovy Greek girls ran about naked pretending to be bears? Who had the world's first flushing toilet? Why dedicated doctors tasted their parents' ear wax? Discover all the foul facts about the Groovy Greeks
• all the gore and more! Rotten Romans It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What Roman soldiers wore under their kilts? How Ancient Britons got their hair nice and spikey? Why rich Romans needed a vomitorium? Discover all the foul facts about the Rotten Romans
• all the gore and more! Cut-Throat Celts 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! Smashing Saxons It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: who got cow pats as Christmas presents? why wearing a pig on your head is lucky? how to make a dead Saxon happy? Discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons
• all the gore and more! Vicious Vikings It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why some vicious Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? How to build a vicious Viking longboat? Which vicious Viking god dressed up as a woman? Discover all the foul facts about the Vicious Vikings
• all the gore and more! Stormin Normans It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: why Norman knights slept with a dolly? which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint? why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee? Discover all the foul facts about the Stormin' Normans
• all the gore and more! Angry Aztecs It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why the Aztecs liked to eat scum? When the world is going to end? How to play a really violent ball game? Discover all the foul facts about the Angry Aztecs
• all the gore and more Incredible Incas It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why llamas wore earrings and drank beer? How a bucket of stewed pee can make you beautiful? Why servants ate the emperor's hair? Discover all the foul facts about the Incredible Incas
• all the gore and more! Measly Middle Age It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: A genuine jester's joke? Why chickens had their bottoms shaved? What ten-year-old treacle was used for? Discover all the foul factsbout the Measly Middle Ages
• all the gore and more! Terrible Tudors It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why Henry VIII thought he'd married a horse? All about terrible Tudor torture? Which shocking swear words the Tudors used? Discover all the foul facts about the Terrible Tudors
• all the gore and more. Slimy Stuarts The Stuarts. They don't sound very terrible, do they? They sound almost like your boring next-door neighbours. But you'll soon change your mind once you hear the sickening story which started when gibbering King James I took the throne. Now you can find out...*why some slimy Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas * which king picked his nose and never washed his hands * why people wore fish on their feet (bleeugh!) Plus there are the dreadful deeds of te Revolting Roundheads, the gruesome truth about ghastly Guy Fawkes, tragic tal