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Tudor Chronicles #1
The Prince of Rags and Patches
Two intertwined naratives each bulid to a thrilling climax, and reveal Terry Deary as a brilliant storyteller. Packed with colourful vignettes of life in Tudor times, the novel races along with the vitality and compulsive readability that have made his Horrible Histories a samsh hit with children everywhere. Lively line drawings, including maps and plans, punctuate the text throughout.
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Terry Deary
828 books829 followersA 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
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
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October 5, 2021
I loved this book as it is about the Tudors and I find them very interesting!😀
January 15, 2026
I read these books when I very young but I remember enjoying them immensely.
As an adult I love historical fiction still and put it down to this series of books.
The family characters are simply written but you get a sense of them very quickly and the dialogue between them is engaging.
I loved that there was a breakdown of who the main characters were and where they sit in the tudor time line and at the end of the book there is a time line of the story told by Uncle George about their great grandfather and his time with Richard 3rd.
I shall carry on dipping I to do a re read of the rest of the series.
As an adult I love historical fiction still and put it down to this series of books.
The family characters are simply written but you get a sense of them very quickly and the dialogue between them is engaging.
I loved that there was a breakdown of who the main characters were and where they sit in the tudor time line and at the end of the book there is a time line of the story told by Uncle George about their great grandfather and his time with Richard 3rd.
I shall carry on dipping I to do a re read of the rest of the series.
August 9, 2011
William Shakespeare appeared in the other books - How I wish ol' Will was here, too
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