Theresa Breslin
Ghost Soldier
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
Rob and Millie’s soldier father is missing in action after the battle of the Somme, and their mother is finding it hard ...Read Review
Remembrance
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1915. Charlotte Armstrong-Barnes, rising sixteen, longs to do something useful for the war effort, like nursing, but her genteel mother is horrified at the ...Read Review
Spy for the Queen of Scots
Genres:
AdventureBiographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Mary, Queen of Scots has sometimes been criticised as vain and foolish, but this fascinating account of her reign does much to redress ...Read Review
Prisoner of the Inquisition
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Set in 15th-century Spain at the height of the Inquisition, this novel skilfully weaves a complex plot of punishment, death and betrayal with ...Read Review
The Nostradamus Prophecy
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Sixteenth-century France, a country divided by sectarian hatred: Protestant Huguenots versus Catholics. The weak King Charles is ruled by his mother, the formidable ...Read Review
The Medici Seal
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Italy 1502. A young gypsy boy, fleeing from a brigand, is rescued by Leonardo da Vinci, and becomes part of his household. He calls ...Read Review
