On This Horrible Day in History - Horrible Histories

A year. 365 days. What's the worst that could happen?

Well, quite a lot, as it goes. On This Horrible Day in History is full of horrible (but true) stories, one for each day of the year.

Maybe this year, Christmas is marked with the Romans unexpectedly

obliterating rioters… 

Maybe you share your birthday with Guy Fawkes…

Maybe your dog shares his with Ivan the Terrible… 

In Horrible Histories, anything could happen. With a foul and fascinating fact for every day of the year,

On This Horrible Day in History is a book that will have you laughing while you return to it over and over. History – it never grows old. 

illustrated throughout and packed with horrible stories – with all the horribly hilarious bits included.