Margaret Simpson

The ten best Arthurian Legends are re-told, but with a modern twist! Readers can follow Arthur's sensational rise to fame in the Celtic Clarion and find out who proves to be the best in the quest for the Holy Grail. With fact files on knights and jousting, plus a who's who of Arthurian Legends, this title is 100% Horrible!

10 Best Arthurian Legends Ever!

Philip Reeve

Kleopatra a její kobra

Michael Tickner

Top Ten Arthurian Legends

Maureen Simpson

In Search of a Missing Friend

Everybody's heard of Cleopatra - she's the most horribly famous of all of Egypt's queens. Everybody knows that she had a fling wit h Julius Caesar - and - Mark Antony and that she had a nasty acident with a snake. But in this book readers can discover everything they didn't know and never imagined, such as how Cleopatra married both her brothers and had her younger sister killed. Even though she's dead, Cleo's still full of surprises!

Cleopatra and Her Angry Asp

Now you can get the inside story with Cleo's secret diary, find out what the Romans thought in The Centurion and discover what the locals scrawled on the walls about her.

Cleopatra and Her Asp

Everybody knows that Cleopatra is the most famous of all of Egypt's queens and that she had a nasty accident with a snake. But did you also know that Cleopatra: Married both her brothers? Had her younger sister killed? Everything you would ever want to know about Cleopatra!

Cleopatra: One Cool Queen

Ten of the best-known Arthurian Legends are retold - with a twist! Twisted Tales: Arthurian Legends features ten of the best-known Arthurian legends, hilariously retold in different formats. In "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Sir Gawain is in serious trouble - and about to lose his head! Read his diary to find out if he'll survive his testing adventure. In "The Sword in the Stone," Young Arthur pulls it off - and out! The Celtic Clarion reports the news of his sensational rise to fame. In "The Quest for the Holy Grail," Lancelot, Gawain and Bors go in search of the Grail. Find out what happens to each of them in their own special tale. Only the best will win this quest! You've never read stories like this before. Twisted Tales is packed with funny cartoons and interesting facts about Arthurian time and history.

Arthurian Legends

Sorry, Wrong Number

Fourteen-year-old Jessica is chosen to go the moon on the International Youth Space Trip, but the spaceship inexplicably misses its destination and sends the crew on a mysterious voyage through space, time, and the mind itself, transforming them all in the process.

Strange Orbit

Elisabetta I e le sue conquiste

Phillip Reeve

Everyone's heard of Mary, Queen of Scots. She is horribly famous for having terrible taste in husbands, rotting away in Liz I's prison and, totally losing her head - on the chopping block. But not everyone knows that Mary was a six-foot stunner who had a charmed childhood, and got kidnapped by a murderous lord. Even though she's dead, Mary's still full of surprises.

Mary Queen of Scots and Her Hopeless Husbands

Two princesses are born seventeen years apart to King Henry VII. Their father is determined that no woman will ever wear the English crown. But when their younger brother, Prince Edward, dies naming another woman as his successor, the princesses take action--in very different ways.

Rivals for the Crown

Reissues of the most popular Dead Famous titles in the new Horribly Famous series. Fresh new livery and cover artwork.

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