History with the nasty bits left in! Fill in your own daft, dire or desperate dates, and be amazed by some horrible historical events. Maybe...Charles 1 got the chop on dad's birthday, 21 people drowned in treacle on the first day of term or you share a birthday with Ivan the Terrible. Whichever day it is in your Dreadful Diary, you can be sure it's the anniversary of something really horrible, utterly disgusting, or just plain weird. A foul and fascinating fact for every day of the year!
Terry Deary writes both fiction and non-fiction. The Fire Thief was his 150th book published in the UK, this was followed by Flight of the Fire Thief and The Fire Thief Fights Back. Terry's books have been translated into 28 languages. His Horrible Histories series has sold 20 million copies worldwide. Terry has won numerous awards, including Blue Peter's Best Non-fiction Author of the Century.
