Daughters of Time

Description

Look through fresh eyes at the stories of some of history's most remarkable women, in this inspiring collection of short stories by the finest female authors writing historical fiction for children today - The History Girls. Subjects include: Queen Boudicca, Aethelfled, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Julian of Norwich, Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth Stuart, Aphra Behn, Mary Wollestonecraft, Mary Anning, Mary Seacole, Emily Davison, Amy Johnson and the Greenham Common women.

Mary Hoffman finds that Italy and Italians often creep into her stories, as they do in her teen series STRAVAGANZA (Bloomsbury) and her historical novels THE FALCONER'S KNOT, TROUBADOUR and DAVID. She also writes for younger children, including the AMAZING GRACE stories and the GREAT BIG BOOKS series with Ros Asquith. She has written over a hundred books and lives in a converted barn in Oxfordshire, with her husband. They have three grown-up daughters. Follow Mary at www.maryhoffman.co.uk or on Twitter: @MARYMHOFFMAN.