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Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans & the Woeful Second World War
Author: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
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Duration 2h
THE ROTTEN ROMANS: Want to know what the Roman soldiers wore underneath their kilts, or why rich Romans needed a vomitorium? Listen to find out the terrible tactics of the rotten Roman Army. THE WOEFUL SECOND WORLD WAR: Find out who made a meal out of maggots and which soldiers were so smelly their enemies could sniff them out. All the dire details...
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Denica Fairman
Duration 3h 10m
A monster with fiery breath, a man kidnapped by a family of ape men, a beached sea monster. These are some of the strangest stories around but someone, somewhere, at some time has sworn that each of these stories is true. So even if you think you don't believe in monsters, beware!
View BookTudor Chronicles Book 1: The Prince of Rags and Patches
Author: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Terrence Hardiman
Duration 5h 20m
Set in the last year of Queen Elizabeth's reign, two parallel stories are woven together as 13-year-old William Marsden, with the aid of Meg the serving girl, tracks down a murderer and puzzles over the part played by his great-great-grandfather in the deaths of the Princes in the Tower.
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Denica Fairman
Duration 3h 15m
A girl murders her own father and mother in cold blood. A whole village disappears without trace. Incredible? Impossible? Someone, somewhere, has sworn that each of these sinister stories is true
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 2h 35m
These seven stories are about mysterious events from real life. What happened to the woman who checked into a Paris hotel and then disappeared? Why did flight 19 never return? And will the ghosts of Borley Rectory ever rest in peace?
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Denica Fairman
Duration 3h
A collection of apparently true UFO-based stories. The stories featured include two people who were kidnapped and used in horrific experiments by hideous, lizard-eyed aliens, and the strange beings who descended in a beam of light to rescue a girl and her father.
View BookTudor Chronicles Book 6: The Queen of the Dying Light
Author: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
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SeriesTudor Chronicles, Book 1
Duration 5h 3m
Queen Elizabeth is dying, and England is in turmoil. There are witch hunts going on. No one is safe, not even Will's grandmother. The penalty is death by drowning. So Will is sent to London to clear the Marsden family name. He gets to meet the Queen - but he hasn't bargained for Doctor Dee, the great magician she admires so, nor for the plots and c...
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 3h
What is it like to be a spy? Glamorous and exciting? This collection of true stories tells the tales of international espionage. Find out about: the internet spy who hacked into military secrets and ended up dead; the ruthless emperor who spied on his own army; and the double agent who was awarded medals for bravery by the country he betrayed.
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 2h 38m
These are the true stories of people involved in many different kinds of disaster, and how they behaved in life-or-death situations. Find out how a single act of revenge sacrificed hundreds of lives; how a tragic disaster at sea turned one man into a hero; and how a train crash should never have happened.
View BookHorrible Histories: Rowdy Revolutions
Author: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 4h 25m
It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: which Chinese Emperor was overthrown by his mum? Why one revolution made ugly people very scared indeed? What Count Dracula was really like? Find out about the gruesome guillotine in the French Revolution, meet legendary leaders like Leon Trotsky, and discover how to plan your own rowdy revolu...
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Author Terry Deary
Narrator Stephen Thorne
Duration 3h
Fascinating, frightening or just plain frustrating? These eight gripping stories show detective work as it really is - and sometimes truth can be stranger than fiction. Read about the ghostly dream that helped to solve a baffling murder mystery, some clever detectives' tricks that led to the conviction of the 'Laurel and Hardy' jewel thieves, and t...
View BookHorrible Histories: The Groovy Greeks & the Stormin' Normans
Author: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
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Duration 2h
THE GROOVY GREEKS: Terrible tales about horrible heroes, savage Spartans, foolish philosophers and suffering slaves. Find out how Ancient Greek doctors had to examine their patients vomit, earwax and rotting flesh - by tasting them! THE STORMIN' NORMANS: Everyone knows about 1066: William the Conqueror scored a bull's eye at the Battle of Hastings....
View BookHorrible Histories: The Savage Stone Age & the Frightful First World War
Author: Terry Deary
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Author Terry Deary
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Duration 2h
THE SAVAGE STONE AGE: This was a time when fast food meant tearing open an animal and pinching its last meal - straight from its guts! Listen to find out more about nasty Neanderthals! THE FRIGHTFUL FIRST WORLD WAR: Kids as young as fourteen fought at the Front, dogs and pigeons played their part in the combat, and, most shocking of all, a bug kill...
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