Horrible Histories: Slimy Stuarts

The Gunpowder Plot, the Great Plague, the Great Fire — the Stuarts packed more disaster into a century than most eras manage in three.

Terry Deary navigates the turbulent Stuart period — executions, civil war, religious persecution, and the remarkable string of catastrophes that struck London in the 1660s — with the irreverent energy that has made Horrible Histories a classroom institution. The Stuarts, it turns out, were slimy in ways both political and thoroughly literal.

What Deary does best here is show the human cost behind the famous events — the ordinary people living through history rather than making it, whose stories are usually crowded out by kings and conspirators. It's history told from the ground up, and it makes a difference.

Perfect for children studying this period — and for any young reader who suspects the Gunpowder Plot was just the beginning of a very dramatic story.

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NOTE FROM TALESGALORE

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This book is for you if you love

• Educational
• History
• Horrible Histories
• Non-fiction
• Stuart Era