Tudor Chronicles
6 primary works • 8 total works
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This action-packed thriller is packed with colourful vignettes of Tudor times, racing along with the vitality and complusive readability that have made the Horrible Histories a smash hit with children everywhere.
A silver cup has been stolen from Marsden Hall and Meg the serving girl will hang for it. Unless she agrees to spy on her friends at the Black Bull Tavern... For loyal Meg it is a terrible dilemma. Her friend Will is desperate to save her. And Will's mother decides to tell them the story she kept secret for so many years...how she herself, as a young lady-in-waiting, was forced to spy on Mary Queen of Scots. The two stories of spies and double-dealing are brilliantly intertwined in this thrilling drama.
Latest in a series of adventure stories set in tudor times. All Will wants is to get to Stratford where Master William Shakespeare has promised him work, but somebody wants to murder him. And when Master Shakespeare's daughter Judith is kidnapped, Will and his friend Meg discover that the world of the theatre is not what it seems. Certain actors are spying on their countrymen, on the orders of the Queen herself. It takes Will's courage, Meg's ingenuity, and the genius of Shakespeare himself to get out of the desperate plot they find themselves mixed up in.
Two intertwined narratives each build to a thrilling climax, and reveal Terry Deary as a magnificent storyteller. Packed with colourful vignettes of life in Tudor times, the novel races along with the vitality and complusive readability that have made his Horrible Histories a hit with children everywhere. Lively line drawings, including maps and plans, punctuate the text throughout.
Queen Elizabeth is dying, and England is in turmoil. There are witch hunts going on. No one is safe, not even Will's grandmother. The penalty is death by drowning. So Will is sent to London to clear the Marsden family name. He gets to meet the Queen -- but he hasn't bargained for Doctor Dee, the great magician she admires so, nor for the plots and conspiracies that surround her. It's a race against time for Will and his friend Meg, and they have dangerous enemies. But Will discovers some strange parallels with his grandmother's experiences as a girl at the court of Queen Mary, Elizabeth's bitter rival ...
The Marsden family are deep in debt and in danger of losing their home, Marsden Manor. Sir James Marsden sets sail for London to sell a cargo of coal to save the family fortunes, taking Will Marsden and Meg the serving girl along. But someone seems to be out to get them ...When Sir James recounts his adventures sailing the Pacific with Sir Francis Drake, Will and Meg work out a plan of action. Pirates, spies and sea captains feature in Terry Deary's tale of suspense set in Tudor times.
It is 1601 and Queen Elizabeth I is dying. Will Marsden lives in Marsden Manor in the north of England. Will is training to be a knight and listens avidly to the true tales of adventure and intrigue told by the family every night around the roaring fire. When a visitor arrives bearing letters from the dying Queen to James VI of Scotland and a body is found in the woods soon after, Will sets out to find the murderer, helped by Meg, the quick-witted serving girl. Great Uncle George's tale of the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower over a hundred years ago provides Will with a vital clue. Terry Deary combines terrific storytelling with historical accuracy in this exciting tale, which gives a vivid sense of the dangers and discomforts of life in Elizabethan times.