by Terry Deary · Scholastic · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780439944069
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«The Vicious Vikings» is a history book by Terry Deary, from the Horrible Histories series, published by Scholastic in paperback (144 pages, in English).
A journey through the Viking age with dark humour: cruel kings, vengeful warriors and subjugated slaves, along with ships, shields and red beards. It covers gruesome episodes such as gods in bridal gowns, corpses on trial and death by booby-trapped statues, told with irony for a child audience.
Ninth title in the Horrible Histories series, illustrated by Martin Brown. The work was originally published in 1994; this paperback edition is from 2007.
Suitable for readers aged 8 to 12; mixes humour, curious facts and cartoons to bring the Viking age closer to a child audience.
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.
