Dangerous Days in Elizabethan England
Thieves, Tricksters, Bards and Bawds
$39.70
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2016
Summary
Elizabethans did all they could to survive in an age of sin and bling, of beddings and beheadings, galleons and guns. Explorers set sailed for new worlds, risking everything to bring back slaves, gold and the priceless potato. Elizabeth lined her coffers while her subjects lived in squalor with hunger, violence and misery as bedfellows. Shakespeare shone and yet the beggars, doxies and thieves scraped and cheated to survive in the shadows.
These were dangerous days. If you survived th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780226378 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780226373 |
| Author: | Terry Deary |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 134mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Dangerous Days |
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About The Author
Terry Deary
Terry Deary was born in Sunderland in 1946 and now lives in County Durham, where the Marsden family of the Tudor Chronicles live. Once an actor and a teacher of English and drama, he is one of Britain’s bestselling children’s authors, with over 140 books to his credit, including the phenomenally successful Horrible Histories.
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