Horrible Histories Special: Dark Knights and Dingy Castles

Step back into an era of cruel crusaders and dreadful dungeons in this horrible history book! Terry Deary takes you charging back to the days of chivalry, when knights clanked about in shining armour waving weird weapons – and pitiful peasants cleaned up the mess afterwards! It’s a gruesome trip that takes in terrific tournaments and savage sieges, before descending into the dark dungeons of creepy castles. History has never been so horrible!

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    Terry Deary

    Terry is a former actor, theatre-director and Drama teacher and currently lives in County Durham. He has written over 150 books in the UK, including 44 Horrible Histories titles, and was voted the fifth most popular living children’s author in a 2005 Guardian survey.

    Awards

    Terry Deary won the 2001 Blue Peter Prize for Rotten Romans.

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    Philip Reeve

    Philip Reeve is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of the Mortal Engines books.

    Awards

    Philip has won many major awards, including the Nestle Smarties and Blue Peter prizes for Mortal Engines, the Guardian prize for A Darkling Plain and the Carnegie medal for Here Lies Arthur.

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