Frightful First World War
Horrible Histories (Original) Series
Author: Terry Deary
Illustrator: Martin Brown
Book 12 in the Horrible Histories (Original) series
Pages: 144
Published: 1998
Age: 8+
The First World War was a war fought on a global scale: a war so terrible and deadly that they called it ‘the war to end all wars’. From foot soldiers drowning in mud to fighter pilots being blown out of the sky, it was absolutely hideous from start to finish. So if you like your history horrible, this is the book for you! Find out:
• What the “Fat King” did with food scraps and dead horses
• How sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack
• Why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets
Get all the frightful facts about the First World War – with all the gore and more!
About the Horrible Histories (Original) Series
Books in series order
- 1.Awesome Egyptians(1993)
- 2.Terrible Tudors(1993)
- 3.Blitzed Brits(1994)
- 4.Vicious Vikings(1994)
- 5.Vile Victorians(1994)
- 6.Groovy Greeks(1996)
- 7.Measly Middle Ages(1996)
- 8.Slimy Stuarts(1996)
- 9.Angry Aztecs(1997)
- 10.Awful Egyptians(1997)
- 11.Cut Throat Celts(1997)
- 12.Frightful First World War(1998)
- 13.Gorgeous Georgians(1998)
- 14.Terrifying Tudors(1998)
- 15.Rotten Romans(1999)
- 16.Savage Stone Age(1999)
- 17.Woeful Second World War(1999)
- 18.Incredible Incas(2000)
- 19.Smashing Saxons(2000)
- 20.Stormin' Normans(2001)
- 21.Barmy British Empire(2002)
- 22.Ruthless Romans(2003)
- 23.Villianous Victorians(2004)
Reading age: 8+ years
Horrible Histories are history books with the guts left in! These illustrated accounts present the unusual, gory, and unpleasant facts of history with tongue-in-cheek humour guaranteed to appeal to children.