by Terry Deary · Scholastic · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780590139724
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«The Cut-Throat Celts» is Terry Deary's children's history book, published by Scholastic in paperback (128 pages, in English).
The book reveals the brutal side of the Celts, a warrior people who stood up to the Romans and collected human heads. It explains why they fought naked, how to preserve an enemy's brain and why they laughed at funerals, and includes holy martyrs, macabre games and the unsettling druids with their strange sacrifices and trials.
Seventh title in the Horrible Histories series, with illustrations by Martin Brown. Originally published in 1997.
For readers aged 8 to 12 who enjoy the irreverent humour of the Horrible Histories collection.
William Terence Deary is a British children's author of 351 books, selling over 38 million copies in over 45 languages, best known as the writer of the Horrible Histories series. Since 1994 he has been one of Britain's best-selling authors. In 2012, he was the tenth most-borrowed author in British libraries, and was voted Outstanding Children's Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century by Books for Keeps magazine.
