The books...

Diver's Daughter by Patrice Lawrence

A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerous journey to change her life for the better. Voices: Diver's Daughter - A Tudor Story brings Eve and her mother, who was stolen from her family in Mozambique as a child, from the Southwark slums of Elizabethan London to England's southern coast. When they hear from a Mar

The Queen's Token by Pamela Oldfield

Hal is a poor stable boy, who has a dream - to work for King Henry at his palace in Whitehall. But when he chances upon the royal party, it's not the meeting he was hoping for. He's accused of being a spy and his fate now rests in the king's hands...Will Henry live up to his fierce reputation, or will Hal live another day? The Queen's Token is a historical story

My Friend Walter by Michael Morpurgo

Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered, even if he is your friend. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out she's his ancestor! How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother's fishing rod, steals a horse

Tudor Tales: The Prince, the Cook and the Cunning King by Terry Deary

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories... King Henry VII is a mean and ruthless king and when a young boy named Lambert Simnel lays claim to the throne, Henry is furious. Lambert is no match for the powerful king - can he escape the extraordinary punishment he faces? Terry Deary's Tudor Tales explore the infamous world

Shakespeare's Globe by Valerie Wilding

I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Shakespeare's Globe tells the thrilling story of a young boy actor in Shakespeare's own theatre company. Brilliantly reimagined by My Story author, Valerie Wilding, readers aged 7+ will love this vivi

The Secret Diary of Thomas Snoop: Tudor Boy Spy by Philip Ardagh

THOMAS SNOOP is in training to become a SPY. Entrusted with a TOP SECRET mission by the mysterious Lord Severn, right-hand man to the Tudor king, Thomas must travel to the magnificent Goldenhilt Hall - in the guise of a servant - in order to uncover traitors plotting against the crown. It will take all Thomas's wits and cunning to unc