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Discover all the cut-throat facts about Wicked Words with history's most horrible headlines: Wicked Words edition. Jump into the origins of lamentable language with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. Learn how to be very rude (without anybody knowing), discover some murky Medieval jokes and what to say if someone called you mundungus, hackum or jabbernowl. It's all in Horrible Histories: Wicked Words: fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories - with all show more the horribly hilarious bits included with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019's brilliantly funny Horrible Histories: the Movie -Rotten Romans. Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot. Read all about it! show lessTags
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Another thrilling volume of educational trivia aimed at the Young Adult set. The clever cartoons by Philip Reeve make the info go down easy. How I wish I'd had the Horrible Histories to crib from when I had to pass history tests, instead of reading for pleasure.
I've really liked all the Horrible Histories, but the Queen Elizabeth I was my favorite, mostly because I burst out laughing whenever I remember how Reeve captured an impatient and snotty look upon her royal face when she had to keep telling everyone she didn't want to get married... highly re3commended.
I've really liked all the Horrible Histories, but the Queen Elizabeth I was my favorite, mostly because I burst out laughing whenever I remember how Reeve captured an impatient and snotty look upon her royal face when she had to keep telling everyone she didn't want to get married... highly re3commended.
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Terry Deary is an actor, TV presenter and author. He has written 315 books, both non-fiction and fiction, for children and adults. His famous Horrible Histories books have sold over 32 million copies in 40 languages since their launch in 1993 and have appeared as an award-winning television series, theatre tours and a movie. He has also written show more fifty professional plays, the TV series Terry Deary's Twisted Tales and has designed museum exhibitions based on themes from his books. He was born in Sunderland in 1946 and as a young lad helped out in his father's butcher's shop, which he credits as having imbued him with a sound work ethic. The Peasants' Revolting Lives is his second book for adults for Pen Sword, after The Peasants' Revolting Crimes (2019). show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Wicked Words
- Original publication date
- 1996
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- Members
- 280
- Popularity
- 114,757
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.15)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 2
