No. of pages 288
Published: 2010
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Get ready for thrills, intrigues, mystery and piracy all set in Tudor England and featuring a young man named Will Shakespeare...
"I'd give anything for a good horse right now..." says young Will Shakespeare.
When Will gets mixed up in poaching, his father sends him away from Stratford in a band of travelling actors. On the outskirts of London, a fierce storm forces them to take refuge at the house of Doctor Dee - Queen Elizabeth I's astrologer. While there, they get caught up in a plot involving piracy, "magic" and the secret of the "Devil's Fire".
Another compulsive "it could really have happened!" adventure by the author of Leonardo and the Death Machine.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.
There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers .
Robert J. Harris was born and raised in Scotland. He studied Greek and Latin at university and has had a varied career. He designed the best-selling fantasy board game Talisman and is the author of numerous short stories.
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