Cut-throat Celts (Horrible Histories)

I didn't get to read The Cut-Throat Celts when I was a child because none of the Horrible Histories series had been written yet. That didn't stop me from enjoying the humor, both in the text and the illustrations. (My favorite illustration is the one about a cat in the chapter, 'Batty Beliefs'. Mr.

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Deary makes it plain that much of what is 'known' about the Celts and Druids was written by their enemies. The section on King Arthur makes gives us a more realistic picture along with the traditional one. I particularly enjoyed 'Guinevere's Grumble'.

Readers might enjoy learning the Celtic alphabet and writing messages with it. (Part of the sample message given can be guessed at without looking at the alphabet on the opposite page, but most of it can't.)

If you don't happen to be grade or middle school, don't let that stop you from checking this book out.

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This is actually my least favourite of the Horrible History books (you'll notice that it's still 3 stars despite that, there are no bad Horrible History books). I think that's because some of the stories are repeated, more than once, within the book. I'm not sure if that's because the Celts left so

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little record of themselves. It does have some fantastic illustrations though.

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Read this as a child and came across it again so decided to reread it. Can see why it’s still so popular with children now.