by Terry Deary · Hippo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780590197724
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«The Gorgeous Georgians» is Terry Deary's humorous history book, published by Hippo in paperback (128 pages, in English).
«The Gorgeous Georgians» covers the less pleasant side of Georgian England: the aristocracy's poor hygiene, extreme poverty, highwaymen, pirates, body snatchers and revolutions, as well as the wigs, makeup and dentists of the era.
Volume 17 of the Horrible Histories series, with illustrations by Martin Brown. Originally published in February 1998.
Aimed at readers aged 8 to 12 who want to discover history with humour.
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.
