by Terry Deary · Scholastic · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780439953924
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«York» is Terry Deary's history guide, published by Scholastic in paperback (96 pages, in English).
A tour of the most gruesome history of the English city of York: the epidemics that ravaged it, the Viking legacy, and the misdeeds of figures such as Dick Turpin and Guy Fawkes. The volume includes a fold-out map of the city's most sinister spots, explained with the series' humorous and macabre tone.
The work belongs to the Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides series, of which it is volume 6, and includes illustrations by Mike Phillips.
Aimed at readers aged 8 to 12 interested in history told with humor and unpleasant anecdotes.
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.
