The Terrible Tudors

Depending so much on visuals as well as words, it might seem surprising that Terry Deary’s ‘Horrible Histories’ can be so well adapted for audio. But they are remarkably successful, easily reflecting in audio exactly the busy and varied storytelling techniques that are used in the books. Narrated by many voices and with a staggering array of sound effects to accentuate the goriness of the Tudors who, in this account anyway, seem to spend their whole time killing each other, The Terrible Tudors covers why history is usually so little enjoyed before moving quickly on to the bits of it that are fun, worthwhile and possible to remember. (55 mins)