The wicked history of the world
Subtitle: history with the nasty bits left in!
By: Terry Deary ; [illustrated by] Martin Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Martin, 1959-
Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9780439877862
Subjects: World history -- Juvenile literature.; World history.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Work titles: Horrible histories book.
Description: An illustrated, humorous introduction to world history with a emphasis on violence and villains.
Notes: First published under the title: Horrible histories book. United Kingdom : Scholastic, 2003.

List of history's villains on fold-out page.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Horrible hunters; title: Savage cities; title: Terrible tombs; title: Awesome east; title: Rotten Rome; title: Beastly barbarians; title: Nasty knights; title: Terrifying torture; title: Super sacrifice; title: Evil explorers; title: Rowdy rebellions; title: Cruel criminals; title: Woeful workers; title: Wicked wars; title: Epilogue; title: Vicious villains fold-out.