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2text-mainHorribleHistories2text-mainbackgroundHorribleHistoriesisbasedontheBritishchildren‘shistorical-comedybookseriesbyTerryDreary,firstpublishedbyScholasticUKin1993andsinceexpandedintoamultimedia（多媒体）franchise（特许权）.Thebooksandsubsequentspin-offmaterials（附带材料）areintendedtopiqueyoungchildren‘sinterestinhistoryviashort,factuallybasedbuthumorouslytoldanecdotes（趣闻）highlightingaspectsofthesubjectnotusuallycoveredinmoretraditionaleducationalsources.2text-mainFormatThedivisionsbyhistoricaleraorcivilizationinthebookseriesarecarriedoverintheTVshow,focusingoneventsinordirectlyaffectingGreatBritainand(toalesserextent)thelargerWesternworld.2text-mainFormatSketchesaregroupedunderthesedivisions,namedasinthebooks,beginningwiththeSavageStoneAgeandincludingamongotherstheTerribleTudors（糟糕的都铎王朝）,GorgeousGeorigians（杰出的乔治王朝）,SlimyStuarts（卑劣的斯图亚特王朝）,VileVictorians(邪恶的维多利亚王朝)，Cut-throatCelts(凶悍的凯尔特人)，AwfulEgyptians(可怕的埃及人)，ViciousVikings(凶残的维京人)，RottenRomans(堕落的罗马人)，SavageCavemen(野蛮的穴居人)，GroovyGreeks(绝妙的希腊人)，MeanMiddleAges(卑鄙的中世纪)，WoefulSecondWorldWar(可悲的二战)HorriblehistoryHistorycanbehorrible,horriblyhardtolearn.Thetroubleisitkeepschanging……Inhistorya“fact”issomethingsnotafactatallReallyitisjustsomeone’sopinion.Opinionscanbedifferentfromdifferentpeople…Teacherswilltrytotellyouthereare“right”and“wrong”answerseveniftheyaren’t.也许这就是丛书标题Horriblehistory的来源吧。这套丛书的一大特点就是“怀疑”，Terry认为，很多被人们默认的“史实”其实并没有足够多的证据支持，可以算是观点，但不是史实，丛书其中之一的序言有句话是这么说的Horriblehistory