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Victorian Tales: The Fabulous Flyer

By Terry Deary, Helen Flook

Tracking Down: The Victorians in Britain

By Liz Gogerly

Queen Victoria

By Susanna Davidson, Various

Second World War

By Henry Brook, Ian McNee

World War I Tales: The Bomber Balloon

By Deary, Terry

Sporting Heroes

By Jane Bingham

World War II: Army

By John Townsend

Gorgeous Georgians (newspaper edition)

By Terry Deary, Martin Brown

The Lost Diary of Queen Victoria’s Undermaid (Lost Diaries S.)

By Parsons, Alex

The World of the Pirate

By Val Garwood, Richard Berridge

Kings and Queens of Scotland

By Eileen Dunlop, Antony Kamm

Blood-curdling Box of Books

By Terry Deary, Martin Brown

Black in Time: The Most Awesome Black Britons from Yesterday to Today

By Alison Hammond, E. L. Norry

The National Archives: The Gunpowder Plot Unclassified

By Nick Hunter (Children's and Educational Publishing Consultant)

Famous People, Great Events: The Great Fire of London

By Gillian Clements

London on Fire: A Great City at the time of the Great Fire

By John C. Miles

All About: The Great Plague 1665

By Pam Robson

~ Plague: Outbreak in London, 1665 - 1666

By Tony Bradman

Archie's War: A Child's Guide To The Gre

By Williams Marcia

A Look at Life in the Eighties

By Adrian D. Gilbert

Treasure Island (Puffin Classics)

By Stevenson, Robert Louis, Colfer, Eoin

My Family Remembers: The 1970s

By Kathryn Walker

The 1980s

By James Nixon

Stand Up, Stand Out!: 25 Rebel Heroes Who Stood Up for What They Believe

By Kay Woodward

Tudor Tales: The Maid, the Witch and the Cruel Queen

By Deary, Terry, Flook, Helen

History Heroes: Victoria

By Damian Harvey, Rupert Van Wyk

Jim's Spectacular Christmas

By Emma Thompson, Axel Scheffler

World War II

By Sally Hewitt

Son of the Circus - A Victorian Story

By E. L. Norry

The Home Fronts in World War I

By Nick Hunter