Review
BBC HISTORY - top ten books for February 06
Book Description
101 magnificent stories from Britain's history, updated with a brand new story for the new millennium.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Product Description
King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names from 3000 years of history live again in these 100 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. These stories, many of them virtually forgotten, are Britain's heritage, told and illustrated with such verve and colour that they are the perfect way to give present-day children a sense of the excitement of history.
From the Author
And if you want to ACT any of the stories in Britannia, there are play scripts of 25 of the stories - in fact everything you need to prepare a play - in BRITANNIA ON STAGE also published by Orion.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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 daughter, Ailsa. Richard Brassey writes and illustrates his own books on history and is currently working on 'The Story of London'.
