Horrible Histories: Awful Egyptians

Fatter. Funnier. And with bigger pics. A new chunky edition: the same historical splattering of laughter, blood and gore. Potty pyramids. Groovy gods. Terrifying tombs. It’s a history book to make you cry for your mummy! A yuckier look at what it was really like to live in Ancient Egypt. (Did you know they worshipped dung beetles who crawled around in poo?) Learn the truth about cool queen Cleo. Discover the freaky curse of King Tut. And find out what job the lucky ‘Shepherd of the Royal Backside’ had to do.

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  • Horrible histories are so interesting and gory

    4 March 2014

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    Terry Deary has made a brilliant, educational set of books! They teach you all about how the people of the past live! I would recommend an age range of 8-12 for this book

    6 March 2013

  • ITS REALLY BORING LOOKS GOOD BUT ITS RUBBISH

    6 March 2013

  • its a good book

    6 March 2013

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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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