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Ten classic horror stories as you've never seen them before. The Hound of the Baskervilles is a TV crime show, The Pit and the Pendulum is told as an interiors magazine article, Frankenstein - and his monster - write to an agony aunt to tell her all their woes and the story of Dracula becomes a musical spectacular! PLUS brilliant and fascinating fact files on werewolves, vampires, phobias, mad professors and lots more. A very original approach to classic horror - a must for all horror fans.

TERRY DEARY'S BEST EVER SHAKESPEARE TALES tells you more than what happens in everyone's favourite Shakespeare plays - he tells you the stories behind them too. Find out how the plays were originally staged and what Shakespeare himself might have thought of his work being taught in schools. Includes Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet and many more.

Story 1. A midsummer night's dream : nightmare in elm trees -- Fantastic facts 1: The ten ages of Shakespeare -- Story 2. King Lear : Lear today, gone tomorrow -- Fantastic facts 2: Shakespeare theatre -- Story 3. Twelfth night : Malvolio's madness -- Fantastic facts 3: Ten best actors' tales -- Story 4. The tempest : Miranda's diary -- Fantastic facts 4: The Shakespeare timeline -- Story 5. The merchant of Venice : Shylock shocker -- Shakespeare's blind date -- Fantastic facts 5: Villains or victims? -- Story 6. Romeo and Juliet : play dead -- Fantastic facts 6: Foul word-play -- Story 7. Julius Caesar : the revenge of Caesar's spirit -- Fantastic facts 7: Who wrote Shakespeare? -- Story 8. The taming of the shrew : shrew shocker -- Fantastic facts 8: Shakespeare's audiences -- Story 9. Macbeth : the ballad of Big Mac -- Fantastic facts 9: The Macbeth curse -- Story 10: Hamlet : the topped ten -- Fantastic facts 10: Quick quiz

An informative book for young readers told in an easy, often humorous language.

In this collection of top ten Greek legends, a top police inspector investigates Oedipus's crimes and there's the chance to play the hero in the story of the Trojan war and Achilles. The book also includes nasty ways to die, cruel Greek criminals and petrifying pets of the ancient world.

Presents the ten best Viking Legends. This title lets readers find out about Thor's missing hammer, Fenrir the out-of-control giant wolf, how the Vikings thought the world would end, and more. It features cartoons and fact sections, including a gallery of the gods, and ten Norse monsters to avoid.

Shivering spectres and screaming skulls galore in the ten best ghost stories ... ever! Including The Body Snatchers, which finds Dr Fettes on a midnight trip to the graveyard; Night Mail, which takes place on board a phantom stagecoach; and Turn of the Screw - a spine-chilling tale of children with some very ghoulish 'friends'.