Book description
The day Queen Mary Tudor - or 'Bloody Mary', as she's called, because
she has anyone who doesn't go to church burned - came to town was the
most terrifying day of young Meg's life. Everyone wants to impress Her
Majesty, and what better way to show their devotion than by burning a
witch themselves. But "the witch", Old Nan is more clever and
cunning than the townspeople and in the end, she isn't the one who
sparks the ferocious temper of the frightful Queen …
Don't miss www.teary-deary.com - the author's own fantastic website
with detailed information about all our books, plus others, about Terry
as a writer, as well as extracts, quizzes, games and activities. Terry
needs no introduction as one of the most popular children's authors
writing today. His first book, The Custard Kid
, was published by A&C Black in 1978 and has recently been re-issued
in the Black Cats series, together with seven other Deary classics.
Today he is best-known as the author of the Horrible Histories
series, which has been translated into numerous languages, and several
other historical series including the Tudor Terrors
and Time Travellers
.
