THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE TRILOGYLATEST NOVEL: The third book in the trilogy of London in the 1590s
Will Kempe, Clown, (2023) Nat is twelve in 1596 when Will Kempe employs him as his servant. He has a lot to learn about the Lord Chamberlain's Company where Will Kempe is the leading clown. After three years, just before the Lord Chamberlain's Company moves into their new Globe Theatre on the south bank, Will Kempe quits the company. Nat knows why and feels partly to blame. (ISBM 978-0-646-86503-4)
'I would like you to know how well received the book was. It came at the perfect time - when our performing arts students
were studying and researching much of what is covered in the book. Our performing arts teachers appreciated the book and it now sits on our library shelves for other students to use. Stephanne Siberry, Head of Library Services, A.B. Patterson College, Arundel, Queensland. The first book in the trilogy
Twelve year old James becomes the page of Master Edmund Tylney, the Queen's Master of the Revels, in the autumn of 1594. When the theatres reopen after being closed for two years, Master Tylney has difficulty finding enough plays for the Court Theatre Season to be held just after Christmas. While helping him James becomes entangled in the world of theatre and Court politics, a kidnapping and a plot against the Queen. (ISBM 978-0-646-59543-6)
The second book in the trilogy
The Golden Man, (2017) Thirteen year old James becomes Sir Robert Cecil's messenger when the Queen moves to Nonsuch Palace during the Court's summer recess in 1595. This brings him much closer to Sir Robert's rivalry with the Earl of Essex and to a number of civil disturbances on the streets of London. Meanwhile his friend Harry is sailing with Sir Walter Ralegh up the Orinoco. (ISBM 978-0-646-59543-6) |
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THE LATE RENAISSANCE IN FLORENCE
The Perseus, (2009)
Ten year old Andrea Goro unwittingly makes important discoveries about the Duke's secret police while living in the household of the famous sculptor, Benvenuto Cellini. When nine years later Cellini does not record these findings in his 'Autobiography', Andrea writes his own account of those months. (ISBM 978-0-646-50818-4)
Ten year old Andrea Goro unwittingly makes important discoveries about the Duke's secret police while living in the household of the famous sculptor, Benvenuto Cellini. When nine years later Cellini does not record these findings in his 'Autobiography', Andrea writes his own account of those months. (ISBM 978-0-646-50818-4)
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'The Perseus' is fascinating - evocative of both place and the spirit of the times. Andrea Goro is a strong character and the story rollicks along very readably. The book could be enjoyed by an intelligent ten year-old, as much as by an older reader interested in the period. It is a good book. I wish it well. - Eileen Dunlop, renowned children's novelist