“I read Rosemary Sutcliff's books aloud to my own childrenwho were as captivated as I was. She is one of our greatest writers and gave mea lifelong love of history.” Chris RiddellTamsyn arrives from a sleepy Devon town for a new life inTudor London. Immediately enchanted by her uncle’s home on the Thames and theships and river traffic passing by, she dreams of going to sea for a life ofvoyage and discovery. But little does show know, that adventure and excitementcan be found closer to home in Tudor London.Rosemary Sutcliff, author of the children’s classic, TheEagle of the Ninth, brilliantly captures in naturalistic detail sixteenth-centuryLondon. Published in a beautiful gift hardback, with an introduction by LaraMaiklem, author of the bestselling, Mudlarking, The Armourer’s Housewill transport children on a captivatingTudor adventure.
