Rachel Beggs (age 12)
In the House of the Magician
(1) 1570s, Elizabethan England. When country girl Lucy flees from her drunken father and sets off to London to find…
The Beggar of Volubilis
(1) March, 81 AD. The emperor Titus is desperate to find the lost emerald, known as Nero’s Eye. According to…
The Lady Grace Mysteries: Haunted
(1) 1570. Queen Elizabeth is on her summer Royal Progress and the court is staying with Reynold Waldegrave, 5th Earl…
Andie’s Moon
(1) 1969. Twelve-year-old Andie longs to be an artist – she is particularly inspired by the moon – but no-one…
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