Smashing Saxons


by Terry Deary (Author) Martin Brown (Illustrator)

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   Book 19   
Pages: 144
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The smashing Saxons were a rough tough bunch who liked nothing better than a bloody battle. They had great fun bashing the Brits… until they got nobbled by the Normans. Read on to shudder at the warlike ways of their pillaging people, and to find out…

•  Who got cow pats as Christmas presents
•  Why wearing a pig on your head was lucky
•  What disgusting diseases the Saxons suffered from
•  How to make a dead Saxon happy

So read all about the savage Saxons. It’s smashing fun!

Horrible Histories (Original) Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Horrible Histories (Original)
Reading level: 8+
Books in series: 23
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: historical  illustrated  non fiction  comedy & humour  boys  culture 

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Books in series order

1.   Awesome Egyptians  (1993)
2.   Terrible Tudors  (1993)
3.   Blitzed Brits  (1994)
4.   Vicious Vikings  (1994)
5.   Vile Victorians  (1994)
6.   Groovy Greeks  (1996)
7.   Measly Middle Ages  (1996)
8.   Slimy Stuarts  (1996)
9.   Angry Aztecs  (1997)
10.   Awful Egyptians  (1997)
11.   Cut Throat Celts  (1997)
12.   Frightful First World War  (1998)
13.   Gorgeous Georgians  (1998)
14.   Terrifying Tudors  (1998)
15.   Rotten Romans  (1999)
16.   Savage Stone Age  (1999)
17.   Woeful Second World War  (1999)
18.   Incredible Incas  (2000)
19.   Smashing Saxons  (2000)
20.   Stormin' Normans  (2001)
21.   Barmy British Empire  (2002)
22.   Ruthless Romans  (2003)
23.   Villianous Victorians  (2004)