Bøger af Angela King

When three schoolchildren deliver a letter to an archaeologist, they accept his invitation to join him, as he upgrades the marble tomb of a knight. Here, when Daisy, one of the children is left alone, at the tomb, a professor of ancient history returns from the past, and asks her to accept a task, with her two companions. The task is urgent, it must commence almost immediately, to rescue a young knight, imprisoned by Dill, an evil wizard. The children accept the task, and immediately, Daisy, eleven -years -old, and Timmy and Drew both 12, begin a strange journey through time, going back over a thousand years, to release the knight in the space of three days. Through danger, shocking threats, narrow escapes, they journey on, all the time, pursued by Dill, the evil wizard, who fears for his life, if the knight is released. On the journey to Cornwall, they meet Jimmy the Swine, the famous, cunning smuggler, Pa, the charming pixie, who lives in the mineshafts, Raven, who travels through time, and wolfhounds, as tall as horses. As the clock strikes nine, and the timescale is met, the children return home, only with memories, and the story of a strange journey through time, when they discovered, finally, that they have saved the life of a young teenage knight, the son of one of the most famous kings of all times.

A victorian novel. The year is 1856. On the Scottish island of Skye, Annie is eighteen years old, but today there would be no celebrations. As the daughter and heir of the Laird of Coill Mor, she struggles against the plans and ambitions of her father's cruel estate manager, who is taking advantage of the Laird's failing health. This is a story of true love, of hate, murder and superstition as Annie falls in love with a young soldier, Major Carnegie, who has been injured while fighting at Sevastopol. The soldiers now patrols on Skye, during the unrest caused on the island by the Highland Clearances. Annie's loyalty to the man she loves and to the tenant farmers almost breaks her heart. When the Laird dies unexpectedly, she is left alone to administer the estate. Then, on the night she marries to save the tenant farmers from the boat, the giant white owls scream out through the island, by the light of the new September moon. They wreak havoc at Coill Mor, and Annie's life changes forever. As she flees Coill Mor on horseback, in her flowing white wedding dress, gunshots ring out. She will return to her home a widow. Now aware that she is not considered a suitable bride for the man she loves, she discovers he is the young Lord Tummell, who left the island in a rage at news of her impending wedding.

In the house in Scotland, the Laurels, Augusta and Andrew fell in love, but it is September 1939 when WW11 begins. Soon the country is thrown into chaos, the major cities in England are bombed, the shipyards on the Clyde are attacked. Andrew becomes a pilot, and Augusta is left alone again, expecting his baby. Andrew is missing in a night flight, Augusta marries Eddie, a friend. When Andrew is released from prisoner of war camp, he returns to Augusta, but she does not tell him of his baby girl, before they make love in the Laurels. Augusta is widowed when she meets Andrew again, he is now a barrister, he wants to marry her. But she fears losing her daughters if she reveals that Eddie was not their biological father. Augusta and Andrew's love was never stronger. The war has torn many families apart, and Augusta waits, for a time which may not come, when Andrew's daughters would know the truth about their own family, which was also torn apart by the war.

Mrs Wrinkles lives on a beautiful island, many miles from the Old World her ancestors left behind when they voyaged in search of new land. She keeps her tribe, the Hutspeople, content with her gentle ways and wisdom - and sometimes with just a little touch of her Emotion Potion! One day, peace in the village is disrupted by a young boy in her care, Tom Tangles, who decides he needs to find his long-lost parents. His actions trigger a series of events that turn their quiet lives upside down as they come up against the other tribe leaders on the island. A rip-roaring adventure follows, with unforeseen dangers to overcome and surprises they could not have imagined. The twists and turns along the way will have you applauding the spirited determination of Mrs Wrinkles in her quest to help her beloved little friend find his sense of belonging. This is a lively story of self discovery, friendship and hope.

A young woman enters a world of political intrigue in Elizabethan England in this historical thriller of family, betrayal, and deadly secrets.London, 1559. Aalia, an awkward, arrogant teenager has just arrived in the bustling city to search for her brother William. She plans to bring him to his senses. But when she discovers that both their lives are based on a lie, she must face a difficult past-and unravel a web of secrets.Courageous and undisciplined, Aalia gradually comes to terms with the truth that William has royal blood. Deciding to go against the men who want to use him as a pawn, Aalia must negotiate a world where secrecy arms the powerful. But unwilling to ask for anyone's help, she is forced into a fateful and dangerous decision. Who can she trust when everyone around her is plotting?