Queen Victoria's Secret Diary: 1 (Horrible Histories)

From the bestselling team behind Horrible Histories!

It’s time to delve into the totally true (sort of) and incredibly intriguing pages of Queen Victoria's Secret Diary.

First! Terry Deary steps into the mind of one of history’s most quirky queens, bringing you Victoria's thoughts on:

• the Government!
• incredible inventions!
• Buckingham Palace!
• the Empire!

Horrible Histories’ Secret Diaries of the most extraordinary (and Horrible) characters of all time will blow your mind.

Horrible Histories’ Secret Diaries are the perfect introduction to important figures from history.

Fully illustrated throughout and told from the character’s (sometimes delusional) point of view, each diary reveals the (quite likely) inner workings of their minds during the events that shaped their lives.

Covering key moments in Victoria’s life and the history of the Victorian era, the Secret Diary of Queen Victoria reveals her:

• reaction to ascending the throne at 18
• arguments with Prince Albert
• experience of the open sewers at Buckingham Palace
• thoughts on her enemies and allies

Each diary is the perfect introduction to a pivotal era in British History, brilliantly immersive and sure to capture the imagination!

• Publisher: ‎ Scholastic; 1st edition (6 May 2021)
  
• Language: ‎ English
  
• Paperback
• 144 pages
  
• ISBN-10: ‎0702306665
  
• ISBN-13: ‏ :978-0702306662
  
• Reading age: ‎ 9 - 11 years, from customers
  
• Dimensions: ‎ 14 x 1.1 x 19.8 cm

About the author;

Terry was born in Sunderland, England, in 1946 and now lives in County Durham, in the North-east of England.

Terry's father (Billy) was a butcher in Hendon, Sunderland, and his mother (Freda) was the manageress of a clothing shop. He worked many years in his father's butcher shop as a boy. It was better than school where he was beaten, bullied and abused by his loathsome teachers.

Terry began his career as a professional actor in 1972 when he joined Theatre Powys in Mid-Wales. As an actor with Theatre Powys Terry began writing scripts for some of the shows. One of the most successful was a children's show called "The Custard Kid". The "Custard Kid" tour ended but Terry didn't want to lose the exciting tale so he turned it into a children's novel, published by A & C Black.

He has also worked as a theatre-director, museum manager, drama teacher, television presenter. He has written and acted for television since 1974 and scripted and appearing in British movies.

In 48 years as an author his writing has included fiction and popular non-fiction for children and adults. He has published 354 books in 45 languages and sold over 38 million copies.

In 2009 CBBC Television launched a major television series of his Horrible Histories which has gone on to win several Children's BAFTA awards. In February 2011 the TV series won a British Comedy Award for best sketch show - the first children's show ever to win a Comedy Award. The same month Terry Deary became the 10th most-borrowed author in British libraries.

A series of theatre plays, 'Horrible Histories', have been created in collaboration with Birmingham Stage Company touring the UK, Australia, the Middle East and Far East.

Terry's adult non-fiction title 'A history of Britain in Ten Enemies' (Penguin-Transworld) appeared in 2024 and his first adult murder-mystery 'Actually I'm a murderer' (Constable & Robinson) in 2025.