Britannia: 100 Great Stories from British History
by Geraldine McCaughrean Author, Richard Brassey Author
(From Amazon): King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names from 3000 years of history live again in these 100 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. These stories, many of them virtually forgotten, are Britain's heritage, told and illustrated with such verve and colour that they are the perfect way to give present-day children a sense of the excitement of history.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1858818761
- Print Status
- In Print
- Stories
- 96
- Pages
- 264
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 8th
- Geographical Setting
- Britain
- Historical Setting
- 1100 BC - 1993 AD
- Publisher
- Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Copyright
- 2004
Stories
- 1 Gogmagog and the Exiles of Troy
- 2 King Leir
- 3 The Three Plagues of Lud's Town
- 4 The Tin Islands
- 5 "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered"
- 6 The Resting Place
- 7 Boudicca the Firebrand
- 8 Running Towards Paradise
- 9 The Hallelujah Victory
- 10 Hengist, Horsa and the Lovely Rowena
- 11 The Castle Which Could not Stand
- 12 St David and the Naked Ladies
- 13 "Not Angels but Angels"
- 14 King Arthur and his Questing Knights
- 15 Fleeting Glory
- 16 Offa's Shame
- 17 The Kingly Martyr
- 18 Alfred and the Cakes
- 19 Dunstan and the Devil
- 20 London Bridge is Falling Down
- 21 Canute Defies the Sea
- 22 "Macbeth Does Murder Sleep"
- 23 Lady Godiva's Shameless Ride
- 24 Swearing on the Bones
- 25 Hereward the Wake
- 26 Margaret's Prayer
- 27 Who Killed Red Rufus
- 28 The White Ship
- 29 "The Turbulent Priest"
- 30 Fair Rosamond
- 31 The Troubadour Rescues the King
- 32 The Three Outlaws
- 33 Cuckoos
- 34 Lost in the Wash
- 35 "Wrap Me Up in a Cloak of Gold"
- 36 "A Prince Who Speaks No Word of English"
- 37 Robert the Bruce and the Spider
- 38 The Brawling Scottish Wench
- 39 The Black Prince Wins His Spurs
- 40 "Oss! Oss!" "Wee Oss!"
- 41 The Garter
- 42 Dick Whittington
- 43 Say"Bread and Cheese"
- 44 "A Little Touch of Harry in the Night"
- 45 "Hang on the Bell, Nelly!"
- 46 The Princes in the Tower
- 47 A Recipe for Simnel Cake
- 48 The Faery Flag
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- 65
- 66
- 67
- 68
- 69
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- 80
- 81
- 82
- 83
- 84
- 85
- 86
- 87
- 88
- 89
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