The Queen of the Dying Light

Tudor Chronicles #6

by Terry Deary

The sixth and final thrilling Tudor adventure, by the bestselling author of the Horrible Histories. Queen Elizabeth is dying, and England is in turmoil. There are witch hunts going on. No one is safe, not even Will's grandmother. The penalty is death by drowning. So Will is sent to London to clear the Marsden family name. He gets to meet the Queen -- but he hasn't bargained for Doctor Dee, the great magician she admires so, nor for the plots and conspiracies that surround her. It's a race against time for Will and his friend Meg, and they have dangerous enemies. But Will discovers some strange parallels with his grandmother's experiences as a girl at the court of Queen Mary, Elizabeth's bitter rival ...

Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Adventure

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 1999

About the author

A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all i didn't know this was part of a series called Tudor Chronicles, i read it like a stand alone and the fact that i did not feel like i was missing information did not help me in this situation, i still loved this book though.
It was a re-read and i definitely loved it more than i did the first time i read it. I noticed things that hadn't noticed the first time like the fact that it was exceptionally written because the characters told stories in the book and it didn't feel like i was reading short stories as intended i believe. this book made me like history especially because the author wrote the historical facts that were used at the end of the book, which is exactly what i needed. like i said the first time the writing was so easy which made it a really quick read.
Aside from all that, props to Hemesh Alles for the illustrations:)

[Sammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book a very long time ago, and stumbled across it again today on Goodreads! I don't remember much about it but I remember checking it out of the library on multiple occasions to re-read it; I loved it that much!

Hopefully one day if I have children of my own, I can re-visit this series and share this wonderful story with them too.

[Opticalillusion · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thoroughly interesting read that makes you think. The historical setting adds to the impact of this story.

[Cynthia · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all the cover is beautiful. i love how this book is written. it was an easy read and i can recommend it to anyone. I LOVE IT