by Terry Deary · Scholastic · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781407104300
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«The Stormin' Normans» is the book in Terry Deary's Horrible Histories series, published by Scholastic in paperback (144 pages, in English).
The book brings the Norman conquest of England to young readers: it covers William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and the death of the monarch, with gruesome facts and curiosities such as why Norman knights slept with a doll, which pirate ended up becoming a saint, or how crusader ships defended themselves.
It is the tenth volume in the Horrible Histories series; its first edition dates from 2001.
Recommended for children and young readers aged 8 and over interested in the history of England and irreverent humor.
William Terence Deary is a British children's author of 351 books, selling over 38 million copies in over 45 languages, best known as the writer of the Horrible Histories series. Since 1994 he has been one of Britain's best-selling authors. In 2012, he was the tenth most-borrowed author in British libraries, and was voted Outstanding Children's Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century by Books for Keeps magazine.
