Will Shakespeare and the Pirates Fire
By (Author) Robert J. Harris
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
28th June 2006
United Kingdom
Primary and Secondary Educational
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Queens, kings, princesses, princes etc
813.54
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
240g
Get ready for thrills, intrigues, mystery and piracy all set in Tudor England and featuring a young man named Will Shakespeare
Id give anything for a good horse right now says young Will Shakespeare.
When Will gets mixed up in poaching, his father sends him away from Stratford in a band of travelling actors. On the outskirts of London, a fierce storm forces them to take refuge at the house of Doctor Dee Queen Elizabeth I's astrologer. While there, they get caught up in a plot involving piracy, "magic" and the secret of the "Devil's Fire".
Another compulsive it could really have happened! adventure by the author of Leonardo and the Death Machine.
Robert J. Harris was born and raised in Scotland. He studied Greek and Latin at university and has had a varied career. He designed the best-selling fantasy board game Talisman and is also the author of numerous short stories.