Product details
ISBN
9780750259897
Published
2010
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Weight
120 gr
Height
266 mm
Width
218 mm
Thickness
8 mm
Age
E, 04
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
32
Author
Biographical note
Paul Harrison is an award-winning editor and author. He has written a wide variety of books for children, and has a particular passion for history.Samuel Pepys is famous for the diary he wrote 400 years ago. The diary tells us about lots of important events such as the Great Fire of London and the Great Plague.
Find out why people thought his diary was written in code, why Pepys was known as the 'father of the modern navy' and why he was arrested and sent to the Tower of London.
Part of a series of books for 9-11-year-olds. Other titles in the series include: Florence Nightingale, Guy Fawkes, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Henry VIII, Mary Seacole and Queen Victoria.
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A series of biographies which introduce readers to key figures in history.
- 1: Who was Samuel Pepys?
- 2: Early Years
- 3: Work and a wife
- 4: The diary begins
- 5: Plague
- 6: London's burning
- 7: War
- 8: In the Navy
- 9: Arrest and death
- 10: Timeline
- 11: Glossary
- 12: Further information and Index
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A series of biographies which introduce readers to key figures in history.
Product details
ISBN
9780750259897
Published
2010
Publisher
Hachette Children's Group
Weight
120 gr
Height
266 mm
Width
218 mm
Thickness
8 mm
Age
E, 04
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
32
Author