'Terrible Tudors' and 'Awesome Egyptians' were the first two titles in which series of illustrated books?
Horrible Histories (book series) Horrible Histories (book series) Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic, and part of the Horrible Histories franchise. The books are written by Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite, and Neil Tonge, and illustrated by Martin Brown, Mike Phillips, Phillip Reeve, and Kate Sheppard. The first titles in the series, "The Terrible Tudors" and "The Awesome Egyptians", were published in June 1993. As of 2011, with more than 60 titles, the series had sold over 25 million copies in over 30 languages. The books have had tie-ins with newspapers such as "The Telegraph",
Horrible Histories (book series) first titles in the series, "The Terrible Tudors" and "The Awesome Egyptians," were published in 1993 and 1994. The series also includes two-in-one books, a box set, special books, handbooks, city guides, comic-strips, annuals, novelty books, and more. Deary announced that the series would officially come to an end in 2013. "The Telegraph" said, "After Deary was reported to have given up the bestselling series because he had run out of tales to tell ... his publisher would not risk putting out any new ones." Deary says he cannot write a new book unless commissioned. He has not been told