Clive Gifford, Andrew Pinder

Dreadfully Deadly History

A Mega Mix of Death, Disease and Destruction

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Imprint: Buster Books

Publication date: 06/09/2012

ISBN: 9781780551272

Age: 9-11 years

Subject: Non-Fiction

Size: EPUB 2

Extent: 208 pages

Illustration: B&W illustrations

Territorial Rights: World

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Summary:

Take a gruesome trip through time with this grisly compendium of death! From the best ways to test a witch, to making a mummy in eight simple steps, and with fascinating facts about botched beheadings, greedy royals and the plague, Dreadfully Deadly History looks at the most gruesome facts from the past.

Reviews:

A gruesome collection of historical facts which will appeal to many

Parents in Touch

Packed with gruesome facts

Newbury Weekly News

About the Author:

Andrew Pinder

Andrew Pinder lives in Mallorca and works as an illustrator, painter and muralist. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in Mallorca and has work in various public and private collections. He has illustrated many children's books, in Catalan, Spanish and English. For Buster Books, Andrew has illustrated the Dorkius Maximus books and the 'Laugh-a-lot' joke book series, which has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK, as well as Dinosaur Doodles and other titles in Buster Books' bestselling Doodle series.

About the Author:

Clive Gifford

Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of over 200 books specializing in engaging and entertaining non-fiction books for children and young adults. His books have garnered much praise and won Children's Choice, NAPPA Gold Star, TES Book of the Year and Smithsonian awards. Refugees was shortlisted for The British Book Awards whilst Discover the Extreme World was on the four-book shortlist for the 2012 Blue Peter Book Award. In October 2018, Clive won the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award for The Book Of Comparisons. He also won The Blue Peter Book Award 2019 for The Colours of History. Clive has contributed many articles to Encyclopaedia Britannica, appeared on radio and at live events and written hundreds of articles to a wide range of publications. He is based in Manchester, England.