“I read Rosemary Sutcliff's books aloud to my own children
who were as captivated as I was. She is one of our greatest writers and gave me
a lifelong love of history.” Chris Riddell
Tamsyn arrives from a sleepy Devon town for a new life in
Tudor London. Immediately enchanted by her uncle’s home on the Thames and the
ships and river traffic passing by, she dreams of going to sea for a life of
voyage and discovery. But little does show know, that adventure and excitement
can be found closer to home in Tudor London.
Rosemary Sutcliff, author of the children’s classic, The
Eagle of the Ninth, brilliantly captures in naturalistic detail sixteenth-century
London. Published in a beautiful gift hardback, with an introduction by Lara
Maiklem, author of the bestselling, Mudlarking, The Armourer’s House
will transport children on a captivating
Tudor adventure.
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Rosemary Sutcliff was born in 1920 in West Clanden, Surrey. With over 40 books to her credit, Rosemary Sutcliff is now universally considered one of the finest writers of historical novels for children. Her first novel, The Queen Elizabeth Story was published in 1950. In 1972 her book Tristan and Iseult was runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. In 1974 she was h
More about Rosemary SutcliffIsabel Greenberg is an award-winning London based illustrator, comic artist and writer. She has had two graphic novels published The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (Best Book Award at the 2013/14 British Comic Awards) and The One Hundred Nights of Hero, and illustrated Bloomsbury's retelling of The Story of Tutankhamun. Isabel has worked with a variety of cl
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