These stories from Geraldine McCaughrean's magnificent BRITANNIA: 100 GREAT STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY, are about Dick Whittington, the Peasants' Revolt, the Battle of Agincourt, the murder of the Princes in the Tower, the ghost of Anne Boleyn, the wooing of Anne of Cleves, Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth, the Spanish Armada, and the Gunpowder Plot. Black-and-white versions of Richard Brassey's exciting illustrations make this an extremely attractive and accessible package.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Richard Brassey is the author and illustrator of a host of colourful and original books for children. He won the TES/Saltire Society Award for The Story o Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.