History loving novels for 12 year old?

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MrsHoolie · 08/04/2020 20:51

My dd is not an avid reader but she does love history,particularly the tudors.
Can anyone recommend any books or authors for her please?

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notyounanbread · 08/04/2020 21:46

Philippa Gregory does a teen series called Order of Darkness. The first one is set in 1460 in Europe. It's not the Tudors but similar time period.

mateysmum · 08/04/2020 21:13

Not Tudor's, but she's probably old enough to try a Georgette Heyer. A bit of mystery and adventure, gentle romance and all encapsulate the Georgian period beautifully without ever seeming false or strained. "Arabella" might be a good one to start with.

PeacockPies · 08/04/2020 21:10

I just went to look on The Book People and they have closed down!

Anyway, this is the series. They aren't all by the same author.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Story-Bloody-Valerie-Wilding-ebook/dp/B00F51BBXO/ref=sr13?crid=2RW7P0L2HCD0Y&dchild=1&keywords=my+story+books&qid=1586376526&sprefix=My+story%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-3

parietal · 08/04/2020 21:10

if she is a strong reader, you could give her Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall etc). They are written for adults and are hard to get started on but very well written.

At the Sign of the Sugared Plum (and others in the same series) are good & aimed at 12 year olds.

PeacockPies · 08/04/2020 21:07

My dd was (and is at 16) exactly the same. She's never done the Tudors at school but she loves reading about them. She has the Tudor family tree on her bedroom wall...

Her absolutely favourites were the 'My Story' series. They are often on The Book People site as a box set.

bookmum08 · 08/04/2020 21:07

Jacqueline Wilson's historical novels - Hetty Feather series, Opal Plumstead.

SpicedCamomile · 08/04/2020 21:05

Just did a little Google and Lucy Worsley's Eliza Rose, set in Tudor times, looks quite good too.

MergeDragons · 08/04/2020 21:04

stravaganza by mary hoffman - set in a sort of alternate 16th century italy

SpicedCamomile · 08/04/2020 21:03

A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley is about Mary Queen of Scots. I remember liking Playing Beattie Bow, which is about a girl going back in time to Victorian Sydney, and Midnight is a Place also set in Victorian times.

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