Historical Fiction, Action & Adventure, Classics, Mysteries & Detectives 

Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Katherine Woodfine and Robin Stevens. This Modern Classics editions features special bonus material. 'I am Cat Royal - Orphan, Adventurer, Actress...'Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. I was brought up in Drury Lane, so I have become accustomed to a life less than ordinary. But this turn of events, I have to say, surprised even me. Follow me, and I will show you in The Diamond of Drury Lane.' Exciting, funny and packed with adventure ...Cat Royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Julia Golding's award-winning adventure series has all the ingredients of a Philippa Gregory book for children aged 9 years and up. Have you read all of Cat's extraordinary adventures? The Diamond of Drury Lane; Cat Among the Pigeons; Den of Thieves; Cat O'Nine Tails; Black Heart of Jamaica; Cat's Cradle. Look out for Julia's fantastic new historical titles: Mel Foster and the Demon Butler; Mel Foster and the Time Machine. Julia Golding is the author of the award-winning Cat Royal and Girl on the Run series. Julia Golding read English at Cambridge before completing a doctorate in Literature of the Romantic Period at Oxford. She has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize, the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and been shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. - from Amzon