- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic; 1 edition (2 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0439955777
- ISBN-13: 978-0439955775
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 13 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 244,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An exciting addition to the Horrible Histories series, these titles will tackle all the hot historical topics in a new full-colour format with durable cover. In the second title of the series Tery Deary reveals the horrible history of knights - all the gore and more! Readers should forget the fairy tales from days of old when knights were supposed to be bold and damsels were always in distress, and brace themselves for the terrible truth about the cold-blooded killers. From Arthur and his mythical knights to warrior kings and cruel crusades there are foul facts on a whole host of knasty knights plus dire details of the weapons they used and the rotten rules of knight fights.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
all the gore and more!'
Terry Deary has turned learning into real enjoyment, and this history book series is no exception.
'Want to know:-
Why knights kept their clothes in the toilet?
Which knotty knight went to battle in a fancy frock?
The rotten rules of knight fights?'
Durable and vividly illustrated cover opens to 94 high quality pages, split over handy sized chapters:-
Introduction
Knight time
Knight work
Knight weapons
Castle curiosities
Rotten rules
Polite punch-ups
Arthur's knights
Cruel crusades
Warrior women
Terrible Templars
Knasty knights
Awful orders
Warrior kings
Epilogue
Along with an 'Interesting Index' - Hang on! This isn't one of your boring old indexes. This is a horrible index. It's the only index in the world where you will find 'backside wiping', 'dog-poo', 'horse-flesh soup' and all the other things you really HAVE to know if you want to be a 'horrible historian'.
Read it and creep.'
A colourful handbook, written in a variety of texts, packed full of information and written with the usual Deary wit, e.g. :-
'Perfect Paladins
Paladin means 'man of the palace'. It was the name Emperor Charlemagne gave to his 12 favourite knights. Paladins were the real knights in shining armour - even before shining armour had been invented. They were the knights who rode out looking left and right for wrongs to rights and baddies to fight. One of the great paladins was Roland who fought for Charlemagne in AD778.
There is a famous poem that tells his tale...................'
'History has never been so horrible!'
Terry Deary has turned learning into real enjoyment, and this history book series is no exception.
'Want to know:-
Why knights kept their clothes in the toilet?
Which knotty knight went to battle in a fancy frock?
The rotten rules of knight fights?'
Durable and vividly illustrated cover opens to 94 high quality pages, split over handy sized chapters:-
Introduction
Knight time
Knight work
Knight weapons
Castle curiosities
Rotten rules
Polite punch-ups
Arthur's knights
Cruel crusades
Warrior women
Terrible Templars
Knasty knights
Awful orders
Warrior kings
Epilogue
Along with an 'Interesting Index' - Hang on! This isn't one of your boring old indexes. This is a horrible index. It's the only index in the world where you will find 'backside wiping', 'dog-poo', 'horse-flesh soup' and all the other things you really HAVE to know if you want to be a 'horrible historian'.
Read it and creep.'
A colourful handbook, written in a variety of texts, packed full of information and written with the usual Deary wit, e.g. :-
'Perfect Paladins
Paladin means 'man of the palace'. It was the name Emperor Charlemagne gave to his 12 favourite knights. Paladins were the real knights in shining armour - even before shining armour had been invented. They were the knights who rode out looking left and right for wrongs to rights and baddies to fight. One of the great paladins was Roland who fought for Charlemagne in AD778.
There is a famous poem that tells his tale...................'
'History has never been so horrible!'
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