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Traitor's Kiss  Usborne Publishing Ltd 2011 - BUY NOW
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In 1547, when she is almost fourteen years old, the Princess Elizabeth goes to live with her stepmother and her stepfather, Thomas Seymour. A young stranger gives her the chance to find out the truth about her mother, Anne Boleyn, who was executed for alleged adultery when Elizabeth was only two years old. Caught up in a scandal with her stepfather, Elizabeth is banished to Hatfield Palace, where she is interrogated for many weeks.

Alone, Elizabeth struggles to save herself. Can she ignore the gossips who say that she is just like her mother? Can the truth about her mother help her? Has the stranger put her in danger? Can she make the final terrible decision that will save her from the Tower?



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A World Away  Usborne Publishing Ltd 2008 - BUY NOW

“Incredibly accomplished… a captivating tale of love, tragedy, immense danger and separation.” Lovereading4kids.co.uk

When ships first explore the New World, they bring a Native American girl called Nadie back to England. She later returns with a hundred colonists and Tom, a blacksmith from Plymouth. What is it like for two people from different worlds to fall in love? What will their fate be when the colony disperses and disappears?

A bold and beguiling love story set against the tragedy of the first settlers in the New World.

Raven Queen  Usborne Publishing Ltd 2007 - BUY NOW
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*Winner of the Highland Book Award, 2009*

In 1554, at the age of fifteen, Lady Jane Grey is forced to marry. Manipulated onto the throne of England by her powerful father-in-law, she is desperately unhappy. Although Ned, who befriends her, cannot prevent her execution, he shows his love for her in an unexpected and poignant way.

“A beautiful interpretation of the life of Lady Jane Grey. This stunning and lyrical tale will hold readers captive and haunt them long after the last page…” Borders

“vivid and poetic” Ann Turnbull

I have always been interested in Lady Jane Grey – but she was always just a line in a history book: the unhappy Nine Day Queen. If you visit Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, where the ruins of her home still stand, you will see that flowers are always tied to the gate on the anniversary of her death.

Books for younger readers

Drake's Drummer Boy
Drakes's Drummer Boy - Mill Publishing 1998

A Tudor Sea Story for younger readers: Will becomes a drummer boy and sails around the world with Francis Drake - and the drum saves their lives more than once.

The Little Giant
The Little Giant - Mill Publishing 2001

The story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the man who designed bridges, tunnels, trains and ships - and inspired the engineers who came after him.

 

The Television Man

The Television Man - Mill Publishing 2001

The story of John Logie Baird, who experimented with a hat box, a knitting needle, an old electric motor, a photo-cell and a dummy to make television possible.

 

Sam Stars at Shakespeare's Globe

Sam Stars at Shakespeare's Globe - Frances Lincoln Publishing 2006

Sam thinks that the Globe Theatre is the most magical place he's ever seen. He longs to work for England's greatest writer, and when he cheekily tries to act, Master Shakespeare gives him a job. But is he ready for the role he wants most - the star-crossed lover Juliet? Has he got what it takes to be the finest player in England?

 

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Essential Classics - Evans Publishing Ltd.

Current series

A quick way into the classics, these 48 page books retain all the strength and flavour of the original stories. Choose from Horror Classics; Animal Classics; Adventure Classics and Science Fiction Classics.


Short Stories

Pauline Francis and Tilly NevinI am the judge of the poems and stories for the World Book Day/Evans Short Stories Competition. I had a wonderful time visiting magical and mysterious worlds, worlds past and present and to come, worlds of horror and happiness. I travelled by real trains and ghost trains – and I flew, though not in an aeroplane. You can read the selection in two anthologies published by Evans in March.

 

This is a photograph of Tilly Nevin and me when I presented her with her prize at Beaconsfield High School in Hertfordshire.

Read more in the Buckinghamshire Advertiser Article.


Publishers

Evans Brothers Ltd - www.evansbooks.co.uk

Frances Lincoln Ltd - www.frances-lincoln.com

Usborne Publishing Ltd - www.usborne.com

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