Cat Royal - Diamond of Drury
by:
Julia Golding (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B005QPBA8A
Publish date: September 3rd 2011
Publisher: Egmont
Pages no: 437
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Plays,
Theatre
Series: Cat Royal (#1)
I didn't get a chance to finish it before I had to return it, but I think it has a happy ending.
I love Julia's book so much so I may reread them. It's been 2 years.
This reminded me a lot of L. A. Meyers Bloody Jack series. Both series have spunky heroines in not so ideal situations. Cat was interesting and relatable and the other characters were engaging as well. The plot was fast moving and the action was intense. I liked it.
Fabulous. It's a hard thing to write historical characters dealing with situations that modern readers find intolerable, but which were (at least largely) acceptable. Golding does a great job with Cat. She's human and of her time, but well suited to be exposed to the broad range of thought during...
First book in the Cat Royal SeriesCatherine "Cat" Royal, aged 12 or 13, is an orphan living in the theater on Drury Lane. Small and petite at only four feet, but with more than enough wit, spirit and brash independence to make up for her small stature. A hidden diamond. A freed slave. Two warring ga...
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