Daredevils and Desperados 20 Stories from British History

Written by Geraldine McCaughrean
Illustrated by Richard Brassey

Paperback - 119 pages (21 Mar, 2002)
Orion Children's; ISBN: 1842550594

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.