Wicked Words

Discover all the cut-throat facts about Wicked Words
with history’s most horrible headlines: Wicked Words edition.

Jump into the origins of lamentable language with
Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. Learn
how to be very rude (without anybody knowing),
discover some murky Medieval jokes and what to
say if someone called you mundungus, hackum
or jabbernowl. It’s all
in Horrible Histories: Wicked Words:

• fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising
  stories – with all the horribly hilarious
  bits included


• with a fresh take on the classic Horrible
  Histories style, perfect for fans old and new


• the perfect series for anyone looking for
  a fun and informative read


• Horrible Histories has been entertaining children
  and families for generations with books, TV, stage
  show, magazines, games and 2019’s brilliantly
  funny Horrible Histories: the Movie –Rotten
  Romans.

Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot.

Read all about it!

Product details

• Authors: Terry Deary, Deary Terry
• Assisted by: Philip Reeve (Illustration), Reeve Philip (Illustration)
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.09.2023
• EAN: 9780702330292
• ISBN: 978-0-7023-3029-2
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 210 g
• Series: Horrible Histories Special
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, HUMOR / Form / Jokes & Riddles, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Humor / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons, HUMOR / Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reference / Dictionaries, Humour, TV tie-in humour, General knowledge & trivia (Children's / Teenage), Humour collections & anthologies, Humour & jokes (Children's / Teenage), Dialect, slang & jargon, Historical & comparative linguistics, Children’s gift books, Humour collections and anthologies, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Interest age: from c 8 years, Jokes & Riddles, Jokes and riddles, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Stationery & miscellaneous items (Children's / Teenage), Cartoons & comic strips (Children's / Teenage), Dialect, slang and jargon, Historical and comparative linguistics, Dictionaries, school dictionaries (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage reference: Dictionaries and Languages, Media tie-in humour