Adventures in Time: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

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Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME* series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true

'Winter has come; and in a far distant land, a warrior queen is expecting a child...'

Step through these pages into the Tudor world: a dangerous place, where one miss-step could cost your life. Through the eyes of Henry VIII's six very different queens, from a brave Spanish princess to a wise English widow, historian Dominic Sandbrook takes us on a thrilling journey through the twists and turns of a dramatic age. For no one is safe from the wheel of fortune: it can take you from a golden throne to the Tower of London...

The Adventures in Time series brings the past alive for twenty-first century children. These stories are every bit as exciting as those of Harry Potter or Matilda Wormwood. The only difference is they actually happened...

*(Perfect for all readers who enjoy tales of heroes, villains, jousting, beheadings and fat tyrants)

© Dominic Sandbrook 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

  • History and fiction meld in a spectacular new series retelling thrilling tales from past eras, all with the benefit of the latest research.

    Financial Times
  • Few plots can rival the real-life dramas played out in the superb Adventures in Time series by the historian Dominic Sandbrook, one of the most exciting new voices in children’s non-fiction.

    Daily Telegraph
  • The brio of the accounts sweep children along on the adventure and introduce them to the way in which history shapes our modern world.

    Daily Mail Children's Books of the Year 2021

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