Gruesome Great Houses

by Deary, Terry

Interest age: from c 8 years

Published 11/04/2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of the Horrible Histories series.

Paperback | 176 pages

Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great

houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome

Great Houses edition. 

Jump into horrible houses with Terry

Deary, the master of making history fun. From Holyroodhouse

in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace

in London, this book covers the history of Britain and Ireland

from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present

day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost

stories and terrible tales of betrayal

and revenge, it’s a seriously horrible

read with all the gore and more... It’s all in Horrible

Histories: Gruesome Great Houses:

fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising

stories – with all the horribly hilarious

bits included

with a fresh take on the classic Horrible

Histories style, perfect for fans old and new

the perfect series for anyone looking for

a fun and informative read 

Horrible Histories has been entertaining children

and families for generations with books, TV, stage

show, magazines, games and 2019’s brilliantly

funny Horrible Histories: the Movie –Rotten

Romans.

Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot. 

Read all about it!