The Gorgeous Georgians tells you all about the people who lived in these riotous times - from Lords to Ladies with personal hygiene problems to the starving and pitiful poor, all you could need to know about the Georgians is included.

This is one in a range of city books from Terry Deary, delving into the horrible histories of Britain's most visited places.

Revealing the horrible history of knights - from Arthur and his mythical knights to warrior kings and cruel crusades - this title presents foul facts on a whole host of knasty knights along with dire details of the weapons they used and the rotten rules of knight fights.

A quaint and cute tourist town, Shakespeare's Stratford was far from pleasant and the author reveals the civil war struggles and brutal beheadings that made its history so horrible. This book explores the horrible highlights of the town using the frightful fold-out map, including spooky Sheep Street, home of an awful axeman, and more.

Gives foul, funny and fascinating facts about life in Ancient Greece.

Takes a humorous look at the Stuart period of English history.

'Vile Victorians' gives the reader all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicious Victorian villains.

Revealing facts about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and their mad mummies, this book also tells how a hunted hippo got his own back on a pharaoh, and discovers the truth about the cool Queen Cleo and the curse of Tutankhamun.

Terry Deary describes the dire details of life in the trenches for both the British and German soldier. It features a gory guide to the wicked weapons used, from nasty knuckledusters to terrifying tanks, plus find out just how foul the food was and what tricks were used to cope with the legions of lice.

From gangs of gangsters to maniacs who massacre, Terry Deary introduces the biggest baddies in history and explains how they tortured and terrified their way to the top.