Download or read book Shakespeare Stories written by Leon Garfield and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1985 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By skillfully weaving his own prose with Shakespeare's language, Leon Garfield has refashioned twelve of the Elizabethan playwright's most memorable dramas into stories, capturing all the richness of the characters, plot, mood, and setting. This format will delight both those who know the great dramatist's works and those who are new to them. Michael Foreman's dramatic color illustrations and varied black-and-white line drawings are the perfect complement to this celebration of Shakespeare's genius.
Download or read book Smith written by Leon Garfield and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-11-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Smith was a pickpocket - a very accomplished one. But one day his pick-pocketing was to lead him into a sinister and dangerous web of murder, intrigue and betrayal.
Download or read book The December Rose written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets whispered up a chimney, a golden locket with a broken chain, murder in the streets of London – and suddenly young Barnacle is plunged into a terrifying mystery. The December Rose is a thrilling tale of deceit, espionage and murder set in the teeming, colourful Victorian London.
Download or read book The Apprentices written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in eighteenth-century London was hard and especially so for the city's apprentices. For seven long years they struggled for their livelihoods among the fetid houses and sinister quays of old London. But despite their hardships there was hope and even fun. This compelling story-cycle follows them round the year, through the dark, cold winter nights to midsummer in the city, The lamplighter, the pawnbroker, the midwife or the clockmaker, their stories interweave delightfully to paint a colourful picture of life in London 200 years ago.
Download or read book God Beneath The Sea written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen retells some of the most famous Greek myths in this classic of children's literature. This is the epic history of the Greek Gods told from their violent beginnings to the creation of man.
Download or read book The Empty Sleeve written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Him what's born on the chime . . . he's the one what'll have communications with the devil.' At the age of fourteen, 'chime-child' Peter Gannet is apprenticed to a locksmith in Covent Garden. But his desperate longing to escape from the insufferable adults around him and go to sea leads him into some dubious undertakings. Before long, the old ship's carpenter's dire prophecy comes true, for in the locksmith's workroom he meets a phantom with an empty sleeve. Tense and atmospheric, this is a gripping thriller about ghosts, a wall of hands, envy, dishonesty and finally murder!
Download or read book Devil in the fog written by Leon Garfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Treet, actor, suddenly becomes George Dexter Esq., son of Sir John Dexter. Just when he's getting used to his new position in life he finds himself the victim of attempted murder and family treachery.
Download or read book The Golden Shadow written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the continents of the ancient world wandered the Storyteller, enchanting all who heard him with his wondrous tales of the gods. He longed for a glimpse of the all-powerful deities of his stories, and listened eagerly to those who had experiences such encounters. And interwoven with his journey is the story of Heracles – a magnificent story with all the intense drama and high tragedy of the Greek Myths.
Download or read book Mr Corbett s Ghost written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr Corbett is a cruel employer and his young apprentice Benjamin can't help but wish he were dead. So when a strange old man offers to make this wish come true, Benjamin finds it impossible to refuse. Sure enough, Mr Corbett meets an untimely death, but the tables turn on the terrified apprentice who finds himself cursed with the ghost of the man he hated most in the world . . . A brilliant collection of three short stories from a master story-teller, who will keep you turning the pages until the very end.
Download or read book The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harris and Bostock are best friends, but they are as different from one another as night and day. Harris thinks up harebrained schemes and Bostock gets in trouble for them. When Harris puts his baby sister Adelaide in the woods to see if she will be adopted by a fox, little do they realize that they are starting a chain of events that will be remembered in their little seaside town as the Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris.
Download or read book Black Jack written by Leon Garfield and published by . This book was released on 2001-05-03 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting story about Bartholomew Dorking who finds his life entangled with that of the murderous villain, Black Jack. Bartholomew goes from the streets of London to a travelling circus, but nothing he can do can set him free from the looming shadow of Black Jack. * Award-winning, well-known author. * Illustrated in black and white by leading children's artist, Jason Cockcroft. * Also on OUP list by the same author: "Mr Corbett's Ghost", "Jack Holborn", and "Devil-in-the-Fog". * Recognized as a major literary author of twentieth century. - Oxford Children's Modern Classic is now a firmly established series with a reputation for quality publishing.
Download or read book The Book Lovers written by Leon Garfield and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1976 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sound of Coaches written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One stormy December night some time in the eighteenth century, a coach came thundering down the long hill outside of Dorking on its usual journey into London. But something unusual was to happen that night as one of the passengers unexpectedly gave birth to a child. Not until he was eight did Sam Chichester discover that the coachman and guard he called 'Ma and 'Pa' were not his real parents. Sam will need to grow up, leave home, and find love before he will finally uncover the truth about his parentage.
Download or read book The Wedding Ghost written by Leon Garfield and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy.
Download or read book John Diamond written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'My father, that stern and upright man, was nothing but a swindler and a thief!' What is the matter with old Mr Jones? Endless footsteps and low groans can be heard from his room in the dead of night. Only his son William knows the a terrible secret: his father betrayed his business partner Mr Diamond, and swindled him out of a great fortune. William resolves to go to London, find Mr Diamond and make amends. But the murky big city, with its sinister characters and treacherous back streets, is no place for a boy of twelve. And Mr Diamond's own son is not the sort of person to forgive and forget. Danger and deceit lie waiting... Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can find out more about the wonderful author and learn some Cockney rhyming slang! Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Download or read book Fair s Fair written by Leon Garfield and published by Hachette Children's Books Australia. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two orphans are lured to an immense mansion by a mysterious dog where, because of their compassion, hard work, patience, and kindness, they make the transformation from rags to riches.
Download or read book The Pleasure Garden written by Leon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eastward in Clerkenwell lies the Mulberry Pleasure Garden: six acres of leafy walks, colonnades and pavillions. In this bosky setting parade a variety of characters of awesome granduer, innocence and evil - and all are subject to a ring of blackmail terror.
