Player King e-bog
69,97 DKK
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';Swiftly moving and utterly engrossing.' Shelf Awareness Parents' Choice Recommended From Newbery Awardwinning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England.England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disap...
E-bog
69,97 DKK
Udgivet
17 oktober 2017
Længde
208 sider
Genrer
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781481437707
';Swiftly moving and utterly engrossing.' Shelf Awareness Parents' Choice Recommended From Newbery Awardwinning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England.England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disappeared. Meanwhile, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is slaving away at a tavern in Oxforduntil a mysterious friar, Brother Simonds, buys Lambert from the tavern keeper and whisks him away in the dead of night. But this is nothing compared to the secret that the friar reveals: You, Lambert, are actually Prince Edward, the true King of England! With the aid of the deceitful Earl of Lincoln, Brother Simonds sets out to teach the boy how to become the rightful English king. Lambert has everything to gain and nothing to lose, or so he thinks. Yet in this dangerous battle for the throne, Lambert is not prepared for what's to comeor for what it really means to play at being a king.