Adventures in Time: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:5th Oct '23
Should be back in stock very soon
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...
History and fiction meld in a spectacular new series retelling thrilling tales from past eras, all with the benefit of the latest research. * Financial Times *
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. * Daily Telegraph *
The brio of the accounts sweep children along on the adventure and introduce them to the way in which history shapes our modern world. * Daily Mail Children's Books of the Year 2021 *
ISBN: 9780141994284
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 18mm
Weight: 236g
320 pages