`The Stormin' Normans is bulging with fascinating facts..... - Rated 
...about Bill the Conqueror and his bully-boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the crummy Crusades.
Want to know:-
why Norman knights slept with a dolly?
which pirate hung up his eye-patch and became a saint?
why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee?
Read on for hair-raising tales of limb-chopping doctors and terribly-tortured saints.
Get top tips on how to avoid a poisonous plot and find out what really happened in 1066!
History has never been so horrible!'
A witty, colourful cover opens to 127 pages, split over 14 chapters:-
Timeline
Big bad Bill
Unlikely legends
1066 and all of this
Live like a Norman
Terrific tales
Norman wisdom
Little villains
Miserable monarchs
Norman nastiness
Norman Italy
Crazy crusaders
Mischievous monks
Norman quiz
with an introduction and an epilogue.
Written with the typical Deary humour.
I never knew history was so fun! - Rated 
I found this book really interesting. i was reluctant to read it first because i usually find history really boring but as soon as i picked up this book i couldn't put it down!
Terry Deary brings history to life with humour and cartoony
drawings that show what it was like back then in a great way!
After i read this i read 8 more horrible histories and found them all equally good and i recomend it to everyone ages 6 - 12.
Excellent education for children (and adults alike!) - Rated
This book gives mounds of historical knowledge without the normal boring text. My son has enjoyed each of the horrible history books, learning a massive amount of our history without even realising it! They are funny, well written and illustrated in an English jargon that children easily relate to.
My son wouldn't part with any of them!
Woah, nice book! - Rated
That was an especially great book, it is really funny including the cartoons. Like when this guy called Harold was going to give a guy called William the Conqueror his kingdom when he died, but he never did. There is a cartoon in which he says, "You can have my kingdom", but then at the same time he thinks "You can also have a flying pig, a blue elephant, and a trip to planet ping-pong." This story was originally told by Norman historians (in their own words of course). They wanted to show that William was the rightful King of England and that King Harold was a a rotten cheat. There is also a lie section and a poison section in this book. And what did the ladies do to look pretty? Read this book to find out. P.S nightshade is a deadly plant.
Normans were the best at everything! - Rated
On Fridays I have a history lesson. Most of the people in my class just draw pictures on the palm of their hand and throw paper planes at each other. Normally it takes me three to four weeks to read a book , but this I finished in under a week! I just could not put the book down! It was as if my eyes had been put into a Terry Deary endless read this book warp! As a big, big ,big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big Horrible History fan (And I have read eight books)if you want to read a Horrible Histories book read Stormin' Normans.
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