Product DescriptionNew World is a wonderfully atmospheric and exciting historical adventure about an Elizabethan voyage of discovery to the New World. The story revolves around a fourteen-year-old orphan, Kit, who, attempting to escape his life of petty crime on the streets of London, boards a ship bound for Virginia and, together with other colonists, helps establish a colony at Roanoke.As winter sets in a ...Täielik kirjeldus
Product DescriptionNew World is a wonderfully atmospheric and exciting historical adventure about an Elizabethan voyage of discovery to the New World. The story revolves around a fourteen-year-old orphan, Kit, who, attempting to escape his life of petty crime on the streets of London, boards a ship bound for Virginia and, together with other colonists, helps establish a colony at Roanoke.As winter sets in and the colonists struggle to survive, Kit’s past comes back to haunt him when an enemy suddenly reveals himself.About the AuthorChris Priestley was born in Hull, spent his childhood in Wales and Gibraltar and his teens in Newcastle upon Tyne. He went to art college in Manchester and then lived and worked in London for many years as an illustrator and cartoonist, mainly for newspapers and magazines. He has written a range of books for children, both fiction and non-fiction. He lives in Norfolk with his wife and son. The Tom Marlowe Adventures are inspired by his own childhood love of historical novels. Death and the Arrow was shortlisted for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America in 2004 and Redwulf's Curse was shortlisted for the 2006 Lancashire Fantastic Book Award.