Revolting, 9780857508645
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Hilarious history: Peasants, slaves, and martyrs overthrowing the status quo!
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Revolting

A riotous history of rebellions and revolutions

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    29 September 2025

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Summary

Multi-million copy bestselling author Terry Deary shows you the history of the world through the eyes of Mr and Mrs Peasant (and their good friend Monsieur Guillotine…). A globetrotting, laugh-out-loud popular history for fans of David Mitchell.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and the working people are always revolting. But every now and then, a new group actually manages to seize power, and it changes history.

Few…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857508645
ISBN-10:0857508644
Author:Terry Deary
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Bantam Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:29 September 2025
Weight:356g
Dimensions:233mm x 152mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

What readers are saying about Revolting:‘I loved this book and laughed whilst I learned… Look for mentions of the first Serf and Turf!’‘The breadth of this book is huge… It’s wonderfully readable and of a huge scope’‘The history of revolts and protests is a rich one, and particularly poignant at the moment - so it’s perfect that Terry Deary has written this book’‘I love the humour and the way he makes everything fun’

* NetGalley reader reviews *History’s greatest ally – Dan Schreiber, author of The Theory of Everything Else and host of No Such Thing As a Fish and We Can Be WeirdosNobody has changed history more than Terry Deary * Big Issue *

About The Author

Terry Deary

Terry Deary is the author of over 350 published books, selling over 38 million books in 45 languages. He rose to prominence as the author of the acclaimed Horrible Histories series, which made him the best-selling children’s non-fiction writer since records began. The series was adapted for a BAFTA-winning CBBC television series. In 2024, he published a book for adults, A History of Britain in Ten Enemies, which became a #1 Sunday Times bestseller with over 100,000 copies sold. Terry was conferred with an honorary Doctorate of Education by Sunderland University in 2000. He lives in County Durham with his wife Jenny and is an avid road runner in his spare time.

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