“EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE DAVID, NOBODY WANTS TO BE GOLIATH”

Author Terry Deary discusses his career, writing history, the success of Horrible Histories and his new book

Emily Staniforth

Here at All About History, we love to learn as much as we can about the past in order to create an engaging and exciting magazine for our readers. Someone who shares this passion with us is writer and actor Terry Deary, who is best-known as the man behind the hugely successful Horrible Histories children’s books. One of Britain’s best-selling authors of the last few decades, he has written over 350 fiction and non-fiction titles for children and adults and is an advocate for making history accessible and enjoyable, bringing his signature humour and wit to the subject. Now, he has published his latest history book for adults, A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. We sat down with Terry to talk about his new book, the success of Horrible…

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