london (england)

After a possible suicide enlivens her tenure as the tutor for princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, MI-5 prospect Maggie Hope uncovers a conspiracy to take out Enigma, England's critical code-breaking machine during World War II.

After German Luftwaffe bomb London, Maggie Hope--trained in math and code breaking, but only able to find a job as Winston Churchill's secretary--uses the access her position demands to try to unravel an assassinate plot.

Eleven-year-old Ghanaian immigrant Harrison Opuku, captivated by the sights and sounds of London, as well as the glamour and power of the neighborhood gangs, begins his own murder investigation, along with his best friend, after they find one of their classmates killed, apparently for his dinner.

Will, a thirty-six-year-old London bachelor, undergoes a change in his outlook about marriage and children when he lies to join a single parents group in order to meet women, and becomes friends with a needy twelve-year-old named Marcus.

A graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel in which Richard Mayhew, a young businessman living in London, helps an injured girl and finds his life changed when he leaves reality and enters the city's underground world of sewers and abandoned subway stations--a world in which the girl he helped is someone of power and nobility.

Presents an examination of the life of William Shakespeare through the prism of one year, 1599, describing what he reads and writes, what he sees, and how he creates four famous plays.

Chronicles the events surrounding the plague of 1664 and 1665, discussing how the epidemic impacted London society, culture, and history.

The author provides an account of her experiences after being kidnapped from her Nuba village in 1993 by Arab raiders when she was twelve years old and sold into slavery, and discusses how she was able to gain her freedom seven years later while living and working for her master's sister in London.

Reveals the medieval life of children in London, with information drawn from court records, coroner's rolls, books of advice, and other sources.

Characterizes the Tower and its people during the turbulent years of the forming of the British nation from 1078 through 1666.