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Egmont Childrens BooksPublication date
4th February 2008ISBN
9781405237581Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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The Diamond of Drury Lane (A Cat Royal Novel)
Julia Golding
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Julia Eccleshare's comment:
Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. Winner of Nestle Children's Award 2006. Cat Royal, the feisty little orphan-girl brought up in a theatre, is a brilliant narrator of this terrific action-packed adventure. There’s intrigue, politics, class warfare and a lot of fighting as well some highlights from behind the scenes as Cat unravels a mystery. She’s brave, cunning and smart but that doesn’t stop her from getting into some very dangerous fixes. Set in the world of the Drury Lane theatre in the 1790s this is full of historical detail about the prejudices of the time which carry important contemporary messages, too.See also the second and third books in the "Cat Royal" series Cat Among the Pigeons, and Den of Thieves.
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Synopsis
The Diamond of Drury Lane (A Cat Royal Novel) by Julia GoldingSet in 1790’s Covent Garden this book whisks you back to a bygone era. The narrator’s colourful slang and confident I’ll-tell-you-how-it-really-is, makes the story sparkle off the page.
Cat Royal is an orphan who lives at the back of the theatre in Drury Lane. She mingles with the high and low of society – from the actors onstage to the lords and ladies in the stalls to the barrow boys in the grimy marketplace. The tale is packed with local colour and authentic detail. And of course there is a gripping diamond mystery. What more could you want?
Reviews
'These books will keep readers hooked until the end'Bookseller
; 'Pacy...A most engaging read
Books for Keeps
; 'An eminently satisfying and delightful read
Sunday Tribune
; 'Hugely enjoyable romp of a tale
School Librarian
; 'A colourful, action-packed story
Publishing News
'A highly enjoyable story full of adventure, likeable character and sharp, witty dialogue'
Anti
-slavery magazine. 'Rip-roaring saga...thoroughly entertaining...lively and absorbing
The Times Educational Supplement
; 'This is rollicking historical fiction at its best, a great read
Sunday Express
About The Author
Julia Golding is the author of over ten books for children. Her stories are set all over the world (and in some new worlds too) and span the centuries. In her first year as a published author, she won the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize (Gold Award), was shortlisted for the Costa Children’s Book Award, longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal, and won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize.
Julia Golding lives in Oxford with her husband and three children. Dragonfly is her sixth novel for Oxford University Press.
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