num_pages: 96
description: Terry Deary presents the foul but fascinating story of humans, from brain-nibbling Neanderthals to the terrified teenage soldiers in the twentieth century - all in glorious and goriest colour and now in flexi-bound paperback format. The truth about foul fighting is revealed in the "Horrible Histories Rules of War", and readers can meet fifty of the most vicious villains of all time in the frightful fold-out feature. History has never been so horrible.
language: English
title: The Horrible History of the World
titlecomplete: The Horrible History of the World (Horrible Histories)
genres: Historical, History, Education, Childrens, 21st Century, Juvenile, Reference, Humor, Middle Grade, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1048
series: Horrible Histories Handbooks
publisher: Scholastic