tower of london (london, england)

"A bear in the castle--could it be? According to local lore, a spirit in the shape of a bear has taken up residence at the Tower of London. One guard even claimed that the beast attacked him. Is it real, or just a story? In this book, you'll get all the details on the ghost bear of the Tower of London"--Back cover.

Based on historical events, tells the story of a polar bear's journey from Norway to England as a gift to King Henry III.

"A historical thriller based on real events follows the efforts of an 18th-century noblewoman who hatches a clever plan to rescue her condemned husband from the infamous Tower of London"--OCLC.

Living with her father in the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Moss is disgusted and revolted by both her father's job (executioner) and hers (collecting the freshly severed heads) and wants desperately to escape and find out more about her origins.

Publisher Annotation: London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner's blade. Upon learning of the Lord's death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the "Bloody Tower." She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea works, Lord Nithsdale might just escape his deadly fate. If it doesn't, both their heads will roll!.

Provides information on the Tower of London, its history as a prison and a home to kings and queens of England. how the tower was built, the customs and traditions of people who lived there, and a description of its major sites.

Your survival depends on making the right choices at key moments when you are eager to escape from the Tower of London.

There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.

"A narrative by the Tower of London's official Ravenmaster about what it's like to live among the ravens at England's most famous national monument"--Provided by publisher.

Living with her father in the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII, Moss is disgusted and revolted by both her father's job (executioner) and hers (collecting the freshly severed heads) and wants desperately to escape and find out more about her origins.