Horrible Histories Handbooks is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom and translated into Chinese. They are designed to engage children in history by presenting the unusual, gory, or unpleasant aspects in a tongue-in-cheek manner in contrast to the formality of lessons taught in school. Each book has it's own story.the
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