Terry Deary

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and the working people are always revolting. But every now and again, a new group actually manages to seize power, and it changes history.

This is a funny, clever and deeply satisfying multi-stranded murder mystery by Terry Deary, the legendary author of Horrible Histories.

Ah, Britain. So special. The greatest nation on earth, some say. And we did it all on our own. Didn’t we? Well, as it happens Britannia got its name from the Romans, and almost none of the kings and queens of England were actually English.

What is war really like....

What makes people want to solve a mystery? Listen to these seven stories and you might decide there are some things that can never be explained....

'This is it! Batwing Castle. And the treasure can only be found every ten years or so, when the full moon falls on Friday the thirteenth', he said softly. 'That's tonight.'....

It is 1601 and Queen Elizabeth I is dying....

In The Captive Celt, Bran is a British slave who has been jailed for criticising Rome. He faces execution, but luckily his cellmate Caratacus is a very special prisoner indeed....

World War II has begun. Brigit has been evacuated to Wales from her home near the aeroplane factories of Coventry. But when it's revealed that her father is German, Brigit runs away to join her mother in a very special training camp....

Discover all the foul facts about the Rotten Romans on audio, narrated by Terry Deary....

Listeners can discover all the foul facts about the Woeful Second World War on audio....

Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire is the first in a new adult series by Terry Deary, the author of the hugely best-selling Horrible Histories....

Discover all the foul facts about the Measly Middle Ages on audio, narrated by Terry Deary....

Listeners can discover all the foul facts about the Terrible Tudors on this audiobook....

Learn all about the Savage Stone Age, with all the nasty bits left in....

Discover all the foul facts about the Frightful First World War on audio, narrated by Terry Deary....

In "The Plot on the Pyramid", the workers building the Great Pyramid are blamed when their supervisor disappears. Only Dafia knows the truth....

It's 1940 and war is underway. In Sheffield, England, a brother and sister set out to solve a mystery, brazenly believing that the air-raid signals are only false alarms....

It's 1918, and the Great War is entering its final phase. In Northern France, young Aimee has just found out that her mother is part of a spy network working with the British....

A girl murders her own father and mother in cold blood....