Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings

The classic bestseller! No more boring nice-guy nonsense about history. It’s time to learn it the horrible way – with the Vikings! These fearsome seafaring warriors had big ginger beards and bad table manners. This you probably know. But do you know why Vikings had names like Fat-thighs, Oaf and Stinking? Or why their gods dressed up as women? Or why they put corpses on trial? Find out in a book full of cruel kings, beastly battles, terrible torture and ruthless raids…

  • A bestselling original Horrible Histories classic
  • Full of 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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    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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    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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