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An exciting new ebook with illustrations for teens from the folks at Beebliome Books!Richard Larkin, fifteen-year-old orphan from Philadelphia, thought his luck had changed when the famous literary figure Samuel Johnson found him work at an "eating house," called the Seven Stars. As a Colonial, ignorant of the secret Jacobite movement to dethrone King George II, Richard was puzzled by the guarded political conversations at the tavern. Then one night, while serving a gathering of aristocratic men clad in silks and satins, he overhears a dark plot, coded with mysterious names and allusions - and witnesses the cold-blooded murder of the one dissenting voice. The story moves on, as swiftly and as deftly as the spies and counter-spies who hunt Richard down, involving him deeper and deeper in their dangerous and separate causes. Samuel Johnson, William Hogarth and David Garrick come alive in flesh and blood terms as Richard moves in and out of the intrigues of the famous Elibank Plot of 1752. Re-created in full costume, are the lords and ladies, the street urchins, the men of art and letters, who peopled the flowering of the Age of Reason. With cloak-and-dagger overtones, a history adventure that is vivid, authentic, and hard to put down. For readers age 11 and above.

When a new girl arrives at Fort Yuma, Arizona, in 1881, thirteen-year-old Dorcas finds herself involved in the escape of an outlaw from the prison across the river.Dorcas Fox and her brother Charlie, 10, are with their father, Lieutenant Walter Fox, at Fort Yuma, near the banks of the Colorado River. Their mother dis some years before, so the women of the fort community tend to take the care of Dorcas and Charlie in hand, with decidedly mixed results.Then along comes Hattie Lou Mercer carrying her Winchester. While she looks a lot older, she is not, actually only 14. Where is she from? Who can find out? Hattie finds a job at the laundry but ends up coming to live with them and help around the house.And Queen Jezebel? She is the big Yorkshire sow belonging to Oscar Bailey. Oscar likes to let Queen Jezebel run loose on the streets of Yuma City to terrify the other kids. He is a real bully. Can Hattie put Oscar in his place? What trouble can they get into at the Fort? Join Dorcas and Hattie for some wild west adventures!“The action … is here to spare. Dorcas Fox, who at age thirteen is Fort Yuma's only resident “young lady,” knows her days of boredom are over the day she’s joined by Miss Hattie Mercer who comes to the fort to work as a laundress on Soapsuds Row. Big, strapping, half-Indian and a crack shot with a Winchester, Hattie wins respect for her supposed evil eye, her taming of the school bully and his giant hog Jezebel, and her ugly pet tomcat (whom she won in a shooting match). But even Dorcas doesn’t suspect Hattie’s reasons for taking an interest in writing letters for the “lungers” at the Yuma City jail, and when the circus comes to town she finds herself involved in a most unconventional jail break — with a getaway by balloon. Though the author's notes show that her reconstruction of Fort Yuma and its environs is meticulously accurate, the balloon escapade and the final escape across the desert to San Diego don't really qualify as realistic. But, like Hattie, the tale is as strong as it is tall.” KIRKUS REVIEW

When Edward the Confessor dies, he leaves three claimants to the throne, Edgar the Atheling, Harold, Earl of Wessex, and William, Duke of Normandy, who would become known as William the Conqueror.The year is 1065. Young Edmund Edmundson is page to Harold, one of the most powerful Earls of England.Edmund lives through eventful times – from the Battle of Hastings, the ascent of William the Conqueror to the unifying of England.Through it all, Edmund gives us an unusual close-up view of exciting times in history, allowing us to get to know the people and choices they make in a very personal way.This is an exciting, moving read. History buff or no, you will not be able to resist the adventures of Edmund.Recommended for readers 12 and above.In addition to Harold Was My King, Hilda Lewis also wrote three other wonderful historical fiction for teens: The Ship That Flew — the exciting time travel story; The Gentle Falcon — the exciting story of Isabella of France, child-bride to King Richard II and her arduous return to France after his death; and Here Comes Harry — a wonderful story of life with King Henry VI.

No building has played so dramatic a part in English history as the Tower of London. It has from time to time dominated the scene as a fortress and a palace, but it is as a prison that the Tower is chiefly remembered—and most notably as a prison for the high-born and for those accused of plotting against the sovereign. Treason is inescapably associated with the Tower of London.In The Tower & The Traitors Barbara Leonie Picard sets the scene by describing briefly the history of the Tower, and then she devotes the main part of the book to stories of some of the most famous prisoners and the reasons for their imprisonment. Most were Tudors and Stuart figures. The first, Sir Thomas More, was a victim of Henry VIII, and he is followed by two of the King’s wives, Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard. Then comes Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Thomas Overbuy, and their stories are succeed by the attempt of Thomas Blood to steal the Crown jewels. A chapter on the Monmouth rebellion deals with the Duke of Monmouth and the notorious Judge Jefferies. It is true that a great deal, if not most, of the history of the Tower is sombre, but the book ends with a delightful account of the escape of the fifth Earl of Nithsdale.Ms. Picard in bringing to life the history of the Tower, casts a wider light on particular aspects of English history. Her stories are well complimented by William Stobb’s illustrations.Barbara Leonie Picard was born in England in 1917 of mixed German-Venezuelan and French parentage. A long time resident of Lewes, Sussex, England, she died in 2011 at the age of 93. Several of her books were short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, and were selected as Notable Children’s Books by the American Library Association.

An exciting new Illustrated ebook from the folks at Beebliome Books!The Boy Knight: A Tale of the Crusades is the tale of a young man facing many trials in battle during the excitement of the Crusades. The hero of the story, Cuthbert, is a young Englishman who follows King Richard to the Holy Land. The Boy Knight is one of the more exciting Henty adventures, and any lover of Robin Hood will certainly enjoy this tale. Cuthbert's presence of mind and common sense, his loyalty, honesty, valor, and quick wits are all characteristics that make us and his comrades in the book admire and respect him. People learn by example, and the examples set by Henty's virtues of honesty, integrity, hard work, courage, diligence, perseverance, personal honor, and strong faith are unsurpassed.Here is the tale of a young man facing many trials in battle during the excitement of the Crusades. After hearing of the fall of the holy city of Jerusalem, King Richard the Lionheart decides to join the Third Crusade at the end of the twelfth century. This young Englishman follows King Richard to the Holy Land. The crusaders want to free the city from the clutches of the powerful Arab leader Saladin, who has conquered it. Cuthbert, a young follower of the Earl of Evesham, and his friend Cnut, join Richard in his quest. When it is time to return home to England, the hero must face a long and dangerous trip across Europe; they must deal with some vengeful Frenchmen, thwart a plot against the King's betrothed, escape pirate corsairs, survive a winter blizzard, and rescue the King! G.A. Henty was a prolific English novelist best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. Henty's heroes embody honesty, integrity, hard work, courage, diligence, perseverance, personal honor and strong Christian faith. Cuthbert embodies these characteristics perfectly. The Boy Knight features all of the classic elements of high adventure: pirates, sultans, a princess and a king; all within a backdrop supporting the value of virtue.

An exciting new ebook with annotations for teen readers from the folks at Beebliome Books!Faceless in the dim light of a half moon, a man hurtles out of the shadows, claps a hand over Anthony Grey’s mouth and lifts him off the ground. A second man gags him and binds his wrists. These few seconds on a night in 1668 completely change the course of Anthony’s life. As a bondservant to a Boston tavern keeper Anthony has been keeping the accounts and entertaining the customers by doing sums in his head. It is for this skill that he is kidnapped and carried off to Port Royal, Jamaica, where he is pressed in to service as clerk to the notorious buccaneer Henry Morgan. Anthony survives the explosion of Morgan’s flagship, fights in battles on land and sea and witnesses the pirates’ fearsome depredations on Spanish shipping and colonial cities, culminating in the infamous sacking of Panama City in 1672. Against a variety of authentic seventeenth-century settings – including London and Bristol, England as well as Cuba and Venezuela – the Beattys tell an exciting and suspenseful tale of political machinations and piratical derring-do.For readers age 11 and older, and for anyone desiring to "talk like a pirate"!For more from Crushed Lime Media's Beebliome Books, please visit www.beebliome.com.

An exciting new ebook for young adult readers from the folks at Beebliome Books!This stirring novel of the American Revolution in South Carolina traces the fortunes of a boy caught in the conflicting loyalties of his time. At the beginning, in February of 1780, fourteen-year-old Alexander MacLeod is an unquestioning king’s man, though not anxious to fight. Eight months later, he is a committed Patriot, in the service of Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. Alec dreaded the return of the redcoats to Fort Ninety-six, partly because of the frightening things his fey grandmother had foretold for him. Still, nothing prepared Alec for the particular horrors he witnessed when the war came. Hanging, murder, and mayhem by men he had considered allies drove him to leave home and join Marion in the costal swamps, resolved never to wear a red coat. Yet, when Alec’s battle finally came, he found himself in a nightmarish dilemma, his conviction and courage tested unbearably. Rich, closely textured, and absorbing, with historical and created characters vividly alive, this carefully plotted tale captures a little-known facet of the Revolution and makes it forever memorable. For readers age 11 and above.“Son of a Gaelic-speaking king's man, grandson of fey, far-seeing rebel Jonet Munn, Alexander McLeod finds himself fighting on both sides of the Revolution--once, willingly, as courier for the Swamp Fox Francis Marion, twice pressed into service under the "White Beast" Colonel Tarleton and, later, the "Red Beast" Major Patrick Ferguson. The well researched outlook on how the war affected a divided family in a backwater locality...a wee glimpse of South Carolina's Highland Scots, the braw gallant followers of the Swamp Fox, and the Gamecock General Sumter.” Kirkus Reviews

Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Cole, a veteran of the California gold rush, is in a tight, out-of-the-way spot. Jonathan's widower father, unlucky in California, has gold fever and can't stop; so now he and undersize Jonathan are in dismal Ballarat during the 1851 Australian gold-rush, “a strange land, not easily understood.” Still, the one person who seems “real” to Jonathan, ingratiating American digger David Mackay, runs off with Pa's gold. Then, things Australian start to look up!“Another stout-hearted tyke in a tight, out-of-the-way spot—but like 13-year-old Jonathan Cole, a veteran of the California gold rush, readers will find 1851 gold-rush Australia “a strange land, not easily understood.” Jonathan's widower father, unlucky in California, has gold fever and can't stop; so now he and undersize Jonathan are in dismal Ballarat—where the “blackfellows” are free but mistreated; most of the citizens are unashamed “convicts”—barred, however, from returning home; and the Queen's justice brooks no maybes. Still, the one person who seems “real” to Jonathan, ingratiating American digger David Mackay, runs off with Pa's gold. Then, things Australian start to look up. An aboriginal boy, Prince Billy, saves Jonathan from a leech-infested lake and, to his delight, takes his missing front tooth as a sign of manhood; grog-tent-keeper Molly Quinn patches him up after a bruising and tends when his eyes become infested with the dread sandy blight; even the two fearsome “old lags” (who walk oddly, from having worn leg irons) on the nearby claim, veiled Liam and gruff Delehanty, turn out to be comfortable, plain-spoken sorts. In the course of events, Jonathan's feckless father dies and mainstay Molly is killed; but Jonathan will persevere--to find a huge nugget for Liam and Delehanty, and start back to the States. The plot is clearly secondary, though, to Beatty's usual abundance of well-integrated lore.” KIRKUS REVIEW

In this heart-pounding Civil War tale, thirteen-year-old Eben Tyne takes to the sea to support the Confederate navy, eventually becoming a ‘powdermonkey’ aboard the Merrimack, a ship destined to play a major role in the naval history of the American Civil War. Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey shows today’s readers the far too infrequently presented part taken by the South in a single, very significant engagement of the American Civil War— the Battle of Hampton Roads.

Set in the eighteenth century at the time of the Jacobite rebellion, Francis Rimpole, a fourteen-year-old boy, and his eleven-year-old sister, Annabel, find themselves attracted to the House of Stuart. Living in the North Riding, however, they are almost alone in the loyalty to the Jacobite cause. Then suddenly, pursued by the military, a young man with a lean and insolent handsome face comes into their lives. Is he, too, of Stuart sympathies and is he being hounded because of his beliefs? Here is the beginning of a prolonged period of doubt and anxiety for Francis and Annabel, always with the suspicion that their loyalty could possibly be misplaced.

An exciting new ebook from the folks at Beebliome Books!From renowned authors, John and Patricia Beatty, an exciting annotated historical novel for readers age 12 and older.Twelve year old Rosalind Broom, raised by her clergyman grandfather in a small village near Oxford, does not relish his plans for her marriage to a suitably endowed gentleman. Instead, she dreams of an independent life, perhaps in London. Bright, high-spirited, and willful, she ignores her grandfather’s warnings, and disguises herself as a boy. Kidnapped and brought to London, she falls in with thieves and cutpurses, whom she later leaves to join Burbage’s company of actors. Still accepted as a boy, she plays female roles, including that of Rosalind in As You Like It. Her deception is eventually revealed to no less a person than Queen Elizabeth. A well-researched, fast-moving historical adventure, which brilliantly suggests the ambiance of Elizabethan England.