Download or read book Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides: York written by Terry Deary and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty whistle-stop tour of York's foul but fascinating history - complete with deadly diseases, vicious Vikings and creepy criminals like Dick Turpin and Guy Fawkes! A frightful map lets you plot your path into the perilous past, meeting at the Minster, ambling through the blood-soaked Shambles and then climbing up to Micklegate - where so many traitors headed off. Perilous plagues, horrendous highwaymen and angry invaders. It's where York gets seriously yucky!