Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

Macbeth is the bravest general in Scotland, and a loyal servant to King Duncan.

RUSTI is a Mongol warrior, fighting for the bloodthirsty Tamburlaine, Conqueror of the World.

When evil has seized the city.

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.

Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege.

Johnny Swanson is in shock.

I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad.

When the crown jewels are stolen from a locked room in the castle right under Queen Elizabeth's nose - she's furious and asks Grace, her secret Lady Pursuivant, to investigate.

When the Court clockmaker, Mr Urseau, is found dead in his workshop - a dagger in his chest and a key clutched in his hand - rumours start flying.

It's the height of summer and the palace is full of ambassadors and ladies from the Spanish court.

A PUZZLE ON THE STAGE!

The Queen and her Maids of Honour are spending the summer at a nobleman's estate, where a new manor house is being built.

Preparations for the wedding of one of Lady Grace's fellow Maids of Honour are interrupted when a shipment of gold, on its way to the Queen, is stolen!

Since the death of her beloved mother, Lady Grace has become the Queen's favourite Maid of Honour.

Beware of Long Lankin .

There is much excitement at court as the famous painter Levina Teerlimc arrives to paint the Queen's portrait.

There's a new arrival - a mysterious and exotic young princess - at court and Lady Grace can't believe how many rumours there are about her already.

Lady Grace and her fellow Maids of Honour are travelling with the Queen and the rest of the court on their summer Progress.

In the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Maid of Honour Lady Grace, the Queen's favourite and her very own Lady Pursuivant, investigating intrigues at court.

Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities.

A brand new edition of a Terry Pratchett classic set in Victorian London, and starring cunning but kind Dodger, as he sets off on a whirlwind adventure through the city streetsTHE SEWER IS DODGER S WORLD .

"e;Simon paid off the driver and turned to follow Mrs Twite.

'I hate Frozen Billy - his painted, staring wooden eyes, the way his eyelids click when Uncle Len pulls a string, his long thin legs and his bright red wooden mouth .

Michael Morpurgo has created a sweeping and dramatic story in the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Andi lives in New York and is dealing with the emotional turmoil of her younger brother's accidental death.

An astounding novel about a girl's coming-of-age interwoven with a real-life murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America.

'You are my sister now,' Victoria said, quietly and solemnly.

CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF JANE AUSTEN - enter her world as you've never seen it before.

A brilliantly captivating children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley, exploring the most famous divorce in history from the perspective of the daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court.

Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell .

A new and dangerous mission awaits in the fantastic Monster Odyssey series, in which our hero Dakkar must defeat a clan of evil brothers intent on ruling the world, while battling terrifying monsters.

Thirteen-year-old orphan Meryt-Re lives with her aunt's family in the ancient Egyptian village of Set Maat, home of the pharaohs' tomb builders.

It is July 1945, Hitler's Third Reich has fallen, and Berlin is in ruins.

Ivy Pocket is a twelve-year-old maid of no importance, with a very lofty opinion of herself.

Ivy is now the beloved daughter of Ezra and Mother Snagbsy, coffin makers, even if she does have to work rather like a maid.

Clara disappears on her birthday.

Dan and Ursula return to the present day after months in King Arthur's England.

When the thick fog of the Veil descends again, Dan and Ursula expect to return to present-day Britain.

When Dan and Ursula become lost in a thick mist, they have no idea that once they step out of the other side they will find themselves in an England of thousands of years ago and embroiled in a civil war between ancient Britons and Romans.

'You be going to live in the city, Hannah?

Eliza is ousted by her new stepmother from her family and finally makes her way to London - only to be thrown straight into prison for stealing a mouthful of bread.

When Poppy learns that the love of her life, Freddie de Vere, is to marry someone else, she knows her heart will break.

Poppy is young, beautiful and clever and working as a parlourmaid in the de Vere family's country house.

The story begins in Poland in 1921, set in a little known period of history - the periods between the World Wars.

Snatched by a dragon at the end of book one, Edmund and Elspeth awake to find themselves soaring over the frozen wastes of the Snowlands, hundreds of miles from home.

It is the Dark Ages and something evil is stirring.

Lysander is a slave in ancient Sparta, a Helot, but a chance meeting reveals his noble heritage and he is permitted to begin training as a Spartan warrior.