Horrible Histories: Gorgeous Georgians

The classic bestseller – now with a nastier new look! No more boring nice-guy nonsense about history. It’s time to learn it the horrible way. The gorgeous Georgians liked looking good. They loved prancing about in powdered wigs and pantaloons. But don’t be fooled by their daft disguises. They were really rotten underneath! They wore false teeth stolen from dead bodies. (Bleugh.) They peed in portable gravy boats (Yuck.) They even wore toxic make-up made of horse poo. (Eeek.) But at least kids your age didn’t have to work longer than 12 hours a day any more…

  • A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic
  • Packed with jokes, cartoons, quizzes and funny facts
  • Written in Terry Deary’s brilliantly witty style
  • Over 25 million Horrible Histories books sold

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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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    Martin Brown

    Martin Brown was born in Australia but currently lives in Dorset. In 1993, he illustrated the first of the HORRIBLE HISTORIES, and has now contributed to more than 60 titles in the series.

    Awards

    Blue Peter, Best Factual Book 2002 for Terrible Tudors

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