Horrible Histories: Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment
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Horrible Histories: Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment by Terry Deary
Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment is crammed full of 7,000 yearsof law-makers and law-breakers with a rogue's gallery of pirates,witch-finders, highwaymen, torturers, traitors and tyrants. Want to know: Who was sentenced to death-by coffee? Where you could be whipped for flying a kite? Why a cockerel was burnt at the stake? Read on for horrible hangings, putrid prisons and terrible transportation. Find out the truth about brutal school beatings, test your local policeman, and see if you can escape beheading in the terrible Tower of London game. History has never been so horrible!
Terry Deary is the author of over 160 books. He writes both fiction and nonfiction to much acclaim and has a hand in the television, theater, and radio worlds as well. His Horrible History series has sold twenty million copies worldwide, and his books have been translated into twenty-eight languages. Deary has won numerous awards, including Blue Peter's Best Nonfiction Author of the Century in the United Kingdom. He was named a Doctor of Education by Sunderland University. For more information please visit www.terry-deary.net.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780439979276 |
| ISBN 10 | 0439979277 |
| Title | Horrible Histories: Cruel Crime and Painful Punishment |
| Author | Terry Deary |
| Series | Horrible Histories |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Year published | 2002-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 100 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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