This document provides a recommended reading list divided into fiction and non-fiction sections. The fiction section lists 18 novels set in different historical time periods ranging from medieval times to World War 1 and 2. The non-fiction section lists 7 books covering topics like medieval life, the Tudor era, World War 1, and overviews of British history and monarchy. The list aims to suggest good reads from the library's current stock and is not exhaustive, and assistance is available from Mrs. Ellis-Barrett for more recommendations.

1. Recommended Reading List
History
Organised in alphabetical order, by the author’s surname, divided into
fiction and non fiction, this list aims to give some idea of some
suggested good reads from the current library stock. This list is not
exhaustive; it is intended as a guide. For more help please feel free to
see Mrs Ellis-Barrett at any time.
Fiction
Breslin, Theresa – The Medici Seal Mystery and intrigue in medieval Italy
Breslin, Theresa – Remembrance A moving story set in the First World War
Chandler, Pauline – Warrior Girl A medieval action adventure
Collins, B R – Tymes End A book which cleverly uses history to tell its scary
and compelling story
Deary, Terry – Put Out The Light
Dogar, Sharon – Annexed An imaginative account of life in hiding with Anne
Frank
Frank, Anne - Anne Frank’s Diary A diary giving a first hand account of one
girl’s
experience of World War 2
Gardner Sally – The Silver Blade & The Red Necklace Revolution in France
Grant, K M – Belle’s Song Follow in the footsteps of Chaucer and the pilgrims
Hartnett, Sonya – The Silver Donkey The moving and short story of a First
World War solider trying to make his way home

2. Hearn, Julie – The Merrybegot Find yourself transported back to 17th Century
England
Hoffman, Mary – Troubadour An imagined story of travelling entertainers set
in the Medieval period
Hooper, Mary – At the Sign of the Sugared Plum A mystery set in Tudor
London
Hooper, Mary – Newes from the Dead Based on a true story from 17th
Century Oxford
Matthias, Sarah – Tom Fletcher and the Three Wise Men An insight into
Medieval London
Morpurgo, Michael – Private Peaceful The story of two brothers and their
families during the First World War
Newbery, Linda – Shellhouse A moving family story of love and loss in World
War 1
O’Brien, Johnny – Day of the Assassins Travel back in time to the
assassination that took the world into its first war
Pennington, Kate - Tread Softly Murder and intrigue in the court of Elizabeth
I
Press Wulf, Linda – Crusade A fictional story based around the little known
Children’s Crusade
Rabin, Staton – Betty and the Emperor An insiders view of life in the court of
the French emperor Napoleon
Rees, Celia – Sovay Highway robbery with a twist!
Sedgwick, Marcus – Blood Red, Snow White Travel to Russia and experience
the revolution in this fantastic novel

3. My Story – A Series of vividly imagined stories set in different historical periods.
Presented as first persobn narratives these stories are semi-autobiographical.
Titles include Civil War, The Tudor Queen, Anne Boleyn & Me
Non-Fiction
British History: Medieval Life & Tudor Life (Ticktock Books)
Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness WW1
Malam, John - The World War I Armistice (Dates with History series)
Malam, John – The Gunpowder Plot (Dates with History series)
Patchett, Fiona - Internet Linked Tudors and Stuarts
Starkey, David – Monarchy An insight into all the kings and Queens of Great
Britain
Usborne History of Britain - Tudors and Stuarts