“The Agency for Scandal is glorious!
Clever, funny, charming, and achingly romantic, it is a delight
from start to finish. Laura Wood always writes about love and
friendship with a deft hand, and this is her best work yet”
Katherine Webber, author of Twin Crowns
An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the
end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class
world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery
to unmask a villain.
Eighteen-year-old Isobel Stanhope is keeping a lot of secrets.
There's the fact that she's head over heels in
love with a Duke who doesn't know she exists; there's
the fact that her family is penniless but nobody in society
knows about it; and then there's her job at the Aviary, an investigative
agency run by women that specializes in digging up scandal
on powerful men.
When Izzy finds herself
pulled into a case that involves gaslighting, blackmail, and
missing jewels, as well as the Duke who holds
her heart, can she and her friends untangle the web of secrets
and lies to uncover the truth and protect the innocent?
And when the stakes are so high, what happens when the crush
she's been hiding begins to turn into so much more?
'Incredibly charming'
Sophie Irwin, author of A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting
Bridgerton meets Charlie's Angels - the most romantic,
exciting, empowering YA of the year.
A smart, charming, brilliantly plotted and swooningly romantic
story about a collective of bold women changing their world.
Learn all about the INCREDIBLE INCAS, with all the nasty bits left in. Find out the horrible truth, like how a bucket of stewed pee could make you beautiful, why servants ate the emperor's hair and what happened in their legendary golden temples. Includes a grisly quiz to test your knowledge.
Prior to D-Day, Nazi Germany had control over most of Europe. On 6 June 1941, a massive scale, multi-country invasion of the beaches of Normandy France took place. Although it was very well-planned, and marked the beginning of the end of the war in Europe, many thousands of Allied forces died that day.
In rural Bethnal Green, Lizzie Brown takes pity on a couple of drunks and gives them a free palm reading. Lizzie and the Penny Gaff Gang track down the dog, who belongs to a ruthless team of professional grave robbers. It's up to the gang to expose their vile trade before they strike again.
Helps you uncover the secrets behind the world's lost towns, tombs, shipwrecks and treasures. In this title, you can find out how archaeologists discovered these priceless finds. It also features photography, and historical accounts.
The second book in Philip Pullman's classic Sally Lockhart
quartet.
""readers will weep at the deeds of true villainy and smile
through their tears at the close"" Publisher's
Weekly
Sally Lockhart is twenty-two, and running her own financial consultancy
- a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men -
but she's about to be thrown headlong into a vicious web of murder,
mystery and pure evil.
When a client's lost investment appears suspicious, Sally investigates.
Soon she is ensnared in a whirl of high-society danger and deceit,
which can lead her in only one direction - to the terrifying
secret of the Shadow in the North.
Shadow In the North was made into a featrure-length film starring
Billie Piper and Matt Smith
Don't miss Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS
trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO television
series.
March AD 80. In Rome, the Emperor Titus has announced that there will be a hundred days of games to open his new amphitheatre (now known as the Colosseum). Flavia, Nubia and Lupus take this opportunity to go to Rome and search for their missing friend, Jonathan. Their search leads the young detectives straight to the games, where they must face wild beasts and gladiators to accomplish their mission.
The fourth and final book in the new historical adventure series from million copy selling Caroline Lawrence, set in Roman Britain during the reign of the evil Emperor Domitian.
AD 96. Bouda, an orphaned British girl with a troubled past, has been helping Juba and his siblings since they first arrived in Britannia. For almost two years they have been in hiding from the Emperor Domitian's agents. But now information has come to light that could bring down the tyrant. When Juba and his sister decide to return to Rome with the man who has this evidence, Bouda goes with them. But is it ever right to kill a tyrant?
From the bestselling author of THE ROMAN MYSTERIES, perfect for children studying at Key Stage 2.
The first book in a hilarious and exciting new series, from the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize!
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 served at banquets are made of stale bread (and why you shouldn't eat them...). And much, MUCH more. So it's no wonder that John decides to keep a diary (even if it is only an imaginary one...) of his time at the castle. Things REALLY liven up when the castle is attacked by an invading Welsh party - but can John foil their plot before it's too late...?
Perfect for fans of Horrible Histories, filled with amazing facts and historical trivia, with an exciting story and brilliant illustrations, you won't be able to put this SECRET DIARY down!
Read the other books in the series:
The Secret Diary of Jane Pinny, Victorian House Maid (and Accidental Detective)
The Secret Diary of Thomas Snoop, Tudor Boy Spy
The Secret Diary of Kitty Cask, Smuggler's Daughter
What was the perilous pig chase?
Which sport includes the 'naked strangle'?
How did Tarzan become a gold medal winner?
Find out in this illuminating guide to the games. With 300 quiz questions
on every Olympic event, it's guaranteed to keep you guessing,
right up until the closing ceremony!
Before the world meets Sherlock Homes, twelve-year-old Artie Conan Doyle has his own mysteries to solve. Will Artie survive encounters with graveyards, hounds and ghosts in foggy Edinburgh? Or will his first case be his last?
