Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true'Winter has come; and in a far distant land,a warrior queen is expecting a child...'Step through these pages into the Tudor world: a dangerous place,where one miss-step could cost your life. Through the eyes of Henry VIII's six very different queens,from a brave Spanish princess to a wise English widow,historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on a thrilling journey through the twists and turns of a dramatic age. For no one is safe from the wheel of fortune: it can take you from a golden throne to the Tower of London...The Adventures in Time series brings the past alive for twenty-first century children. These stories are every bit as exciting as those of Harry Potter or Matilda Wormwood. The only difference is they actually happened...
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141994284Number of pages: 320Weight: 236 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
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History and fiction meld in a spectacular new series retelling thrilling tales from past eras,all with the benefit of the latest research.Few plots can rival the real-life dramas played out in the superb Adventures in Time series by the historian Dominic Sandbrook,one of the most exciting new voices in children's non-fiction.The brio of the accounts sweep children along on the adventure and introduce them to the way in which history shapes our modern world.
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