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Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Jarvis. I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . . 'My life has taken many unexpected turns, but this one is the most astonishing...

Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Jarvis. I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress . . . 'My adventures have brought me here, to the streets of Paris, where I face a...

It's AD 84 when Bran, a prince of the Carvetii tribe, is captured by the Romans. A legion of soldiers is marching east, to build a military road. It's hostile country, and Bran is to go with them as a hostage to ensure the legion's safety ... but no one...

The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight? A duke? A stable boy? Of course the...

It's 1829, and young Princess Victoria's life is full of constraints. Brought up hidden from the world and protected even from walking downstairs alone, the ten-year-old princess decides to write a secret diary about life at Kensington Palace. But little...

It's 1670. When Susannah and her brother are orphaned she is forced to live on the charity of distant relations in England while he seeks his fortune in America. But when news arrives that her brother is dangerously ill Susannah will stop at nothing to...

Clotee is a slave in a Virginia plantation. To her, freedom is the greatest word in the world. In the slave quarters, people pray for freedom, or as they call it 'heaven'. But when will it come?Book InformationISBN 9781407156514Author Patricia C...

In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes...

I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Shakespeare's Globe tells the thrilling story of a young boy actor in Shakespeare's own...

He was only fifteen when he enlisted in the navy without his father's permission. He was only sixteen when he died at Grimsby General Hospital with splinters of steel in his chest. The Battle of Jutland was the biggest sea battle since the Armada. Jack...

The court of King Henry VIII is brought brilliantly to life in this My Story special. Spanning a period of 20 years, the fates of all Henry's six wives are told from the perspective of two young courtiers serving at the royal palaces at different periods...

Sally is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married - yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871173611Author David OakdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Anglia Young BooksPublisher Anglia Young Books

Jamie Tate, a boy living on a farm in Essex, joins the growing band of children who are sent back in time to witness history. Jamie hates history, but when he finds himself in Roman Colchester in AD60, he joins the petrified citizens in the temple of...

Topher is planning a trip to London to visit his friend Ellie - but will it be safe, with all the terrorist threats? It worries him, and so do the extended absences of his beloved cat, Ka. She is going travelling again, and Topher doesn't want to lose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909423978Author Eleanor WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Books To TreasurePublisher Books To Treasure

Intended to tell the story of his momentous voyage aboard the Beagle to his own children, this purports to be Darwin's own notebook, packed with his discoveries. Featuring a route map, a cutaway of the Beagle, notes about life on board and navigation...

The stories in the "World War II Flashbacks" series draw the reader into the experiences and emotions of a young person's life, caught against a period backdrop of historical upheaval. The child reader can also absorb important historical details that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913071042Author Katy ChalkFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint 2QT Limited (Publishing)Publisher 2QT Limited (Publishing)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909645622Author Dan ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ScriboPublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

This story is set in France in the year 1428. Mariane's parents have been murdered by the occupying English army. She has nothing left but the ring, insignia and gauntlet bequeathed to her by her father. Taken in by her aunt and uncle, Mariane is drawn...

Joshua Cross's enemy, Leirtod, is back with a vengeance Swept back to 1590s London and placed in the care of Dr Dee, the Queen's Conjuror, mathematician, astrologer, and occasional dabbler in the occult, Joshua soon discovers that his friend Dido is in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399931618Author Rainer WisemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint WiseWong Ltd.Publisher WiseWong Ltd.

So here I am, standing on top of a pyramid. I'm as high as the sky and king of the world. On days like this, I feel I can almost touch the sun... From the author of Temple Boys comes this thrilling adventure set in Ancient Egypt. Boy was plucked out of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993566097Author Samantha MetcalfFormat PaperbackPage Count 49Imprint Mysteries in Time LimitedPublisher Mysteries in Time Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954403409Author Frances Mary Somers CocksFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Goldhawk PressPublisher Goldhawk Press

Discover the extraordinary lives of the inspiring girls who have lived throughout history at 6 Chelsea Walk.Polly longs to become an explorer. But in 1914, women's rights and choices are limited - something twelve-year-old Polly learns when she befriends...

Élizabeth Navratil tells the true story of her grandfather, father and uncle and their voyage aboard the Titanic. Two small boys, Michel and Edmond Navratil, are among the crowds waiting to board the ill-fated Titanic on her maiden voyage. The noise from...

In this action-packed adventure and coming-of-age story that finely weaves fact and fiction, thirteen-year-old Ming lives in a small village in Maoist China in the 1970s. His father is convinced that Emperor Qin’s tomb—and the life-size terra-cotta army...

Chase through the streets of Elizabethan London in this historical adventure from the creator of Alex Rider. London is dirty, distant and dangerous ... but that’s where orphan Tom Falconer is heading. And he’s got a whole assortment of vicious criminals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440417101Author J. B. CheaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Yearling BooksPublisher Yearling BooksWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862437664Author Gwyn ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

Join Mary Wade on a long and perilous journey that begins in the slums of eighteenth century London. Aged thirteen, Mary is imprisoned in Newgate prison awaiting sentence of death for a petty theft. When her sentence is commuted to transportation she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780590226530Author Kristiana GregoryFormat PaperbackImprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

It is the 18th century and 12-year-old Obah already has a big future ahead of him. He is destined to be a high chief in his village in Benin. In just one day, Obah's life changes forever when he and his beloved young sister, Banita, are wrenched away...

Bright, page turning stories that bring history to life, with historially accurate information and fact sections to reinforce learning.Book InformationISBN 9780749685058Author Mick GowarFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Franklin Watts LtdPublisher...

Bright, page turning stories that bring history to life, with historially accurate information and fact sections to reinforce learning. In this story, join Arthur Knucklebone at Lockstock Manor where Queen Elizabeth I is to celebrate her birthday. Can...

Penniless, and escaping the horrors of life as a governess to brutal households, Maud seeks refuge with the cousin-by-marriage she never knew. But her efforts to please Juliana are met with increasing levels of contempt as it becomes apparent that...

Biggles Learns to Fly: Age just seventeen and with almost no flying experience, James Biggles worth is sent to tackle the enemy in the hostile skies over First World War France. In a drama of war, where instinct and fast reactions are everything, Biggles...

'If an Outsider wields the blade, the House of Koronos burns...' Hylas is only a boy but he knows three things: The Gods exist. Magic is real. Somebody wants him dead. Hunted and alone, Hylas is desperate to find his missing sister. His quest takes him...