Daredevils and Desperadoes: 20 Stories from British History (Britannia)
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Product Description
These stories from Geraldine McCaughrean's magnificent BRITANNIA: 100 GREAT STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY, are about Dick Whittington, the Peasants' Revolt, the Battle of Agincourt, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, the ghost of Anne Boleyn, the wooing of Anne of Cleves, Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth, the Spanish Armada, and the Gunpowder Plot. Black-and-white versions of Richard Brassey's exciting illustrations make this an extremely attractive and accessible package.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #630233 in Books
- Published on: 2002-03-21
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
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About the Author
Richard Brassey is the author and illustrator of a host of colourful and original non-fiction books for children, among them the bestselling Nessie the Loch Ness Monster and The Story of Scotland, which won the TES/Saltire Society Award. He lives in Essex. Geraldine McCaughrean's novels and retellings for children have won her the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Whitbread Award and the Beefeater Award. A prolific author who writes for all ages, she lives in Berkshire with her husband and young daughter Ailsa.



