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Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories

Terry Deary's Horrible History books have proved to be immensely popular with children, and their wacky titles make them good quiz fodder. There have been 60 books altogether, which have been translated into 30 languages; in total, more than ten million copies have been sold. This page concentrates on the original twenty–three (which are the ones that have the most interesting titles.)

I'm not 100% sure of the publishing order; the following table lists the books in alphabetical order within publication year.

Awesome Egyptians 1993
Terrible Tudors 1993
Blitzed Brits (the Blitz) 1994
Vicious Vikings 1994
Vile Victorians 1994
Groovy Greeks 1996
Measly Middle Ages 1996
Slimy Stuarts 1996
Angry Aztecs 1997
Cut Throat Celts 1997
Frightful First World War 1998
Gorgeous Georgians 1998
Even More Terrible Tudors (later retitled Terrifying Tudors) 1998
Rotten Romans 1999
Savage Stone Age 1999
Woeful Second World War 1999
Incredible Incas 2000
Smashing Saxons 2000
Stormin' Normans 2001
Barmy British Empire 2002
Ruthless Romans 2003
Villainous Victorians 2004
Awful Egyptians 2006

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