Historical Series

From a smelly watering hole deep in the heart of the Serengeti to the ferocious clamour of the Colosseum, join Julius Zebra and his motley menagerie of friends as they gear up to be gladiators! Only if they win the love of the Roman crowds will they win back their freedom. But do Julius and his p...

Subject: The locals all fall off their tavern stools with surprise when a strange figure arrives to the village. He says he is a knight, and he does have a magnificent horse and a gleaming silver sword. But he is wearing ... a dress! Sir Ulrich has not dedicated his life to fighting for one woman...

Felix lives in a convent orphanage in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and that they will one day come back to get him. When Nazi soldiers come to the orphanage Felix decides to escape and make his way home. The journey to find his parents is a long and difficult one, as Poland...

The first in a brand new series from the fevered imagination of the awardwinning, bestselling author of MR GUM. Welcome to the last days of Pompeii as you've NEVER imagined them before! Join farttrader C aecilius, his wife, Vesuvius, and their ten-year-old son, Filius, in a bizarre world of accid...

First in a brand new historical adventure series from million copy selling Caroline Lawrence, set in Roman Britain during the reign of the evil Emperor Domitian. The year is AD 94. The place is Roman Britain. Three siblings arrive in Londinium on a ship from Rome. Pursued by three henchmen workin...

Rose Rivers lives in a beautiful big London house with her artist father, querulous mother, six siblings and seven servants - and finds her life stifling. She loves to study and longs to go to boarding school like her twin brother, but Victorian young ladies are supposed to be content staying at ...

John Drawbridge has moved to Widemoat Castle to learn to become a knight. And there is a LOT to learn...How to charge with a lance on horseback without falling off. Why the spiral staircases always go up in a clockwise direction. How to defend the castle against invading parties. Why the plates s...

It's 1911, and the young detectives of Taylor & Rose are turning their talents to espionage. On a case for the mysterious Secret Service Bureau, the daring Miss Sophie Taylor and Miss Lilian Rose must leave London for the boulevards and grand hotels of Paris. But danger lurks beneath the bright l...