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Royal Nursemaid


I Was There

No. of pages 128

Published: 2014

Great for age 7-10 years

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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... Royal Nursemaid tells the fascinating story of a young girl working in the royal household at the time of the birth of Queen Victoria's first child. Brilliantly reimagined by My Story author, Jill Atkins, readers aged 7+ will love this vivid first-hand account of a child's experience as a servant in Victorian times. Perfect for readers interested in enthralled by all things royal.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called I Was There .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Scholastic .

Jill Atkins is an escaped teacher, now writing for children with over 46 books published so far, ranging from early reading material to teenage novels. I've written 4 books for Franklin Watts, 4 for Wayland and one for Hodder.

 

This book is in the following series:

I Was There

This book features the following characters:

Prince Albert
Prince Albert was the consort to Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria
Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom at the young age of 18. She married her first cousin, Albert, and had nine children who married into families across Europe. She was also know as "The Grandmother of Europe" and the title "Empress of India" .