Castle Diary - Hardcover

Richard Platt

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Synopsis

Sent to his uncle's castle for a year to learn to be a page, ten-year-old Toby keeps a detailed journal of medieval life, from great events such as a boar hunt and tournament, to more everyday activities like baking bread and cleaning out the garderobes.

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About the Author

Richard Platt is also the author of Pirate Diary, Roman Diary and Egyptian Diary. Pirate Diary won the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Silver Smarties Book Prize and the Blue Peter Award for Best Factual Book. Richard lives in Kent. www.richardplatt.co.uk Chris Riddell is an author, political cartoonist (for The Observer), and the illustrator of Pirate Diary and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He won the Smarties Prize in 2008. He lives in Brighton.

Review

"Not many, if any, children's books on the Middle Ages and castles contain the wealth of information found in this fresh, appealing offering."

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