The King in Blood Red and Gold

A tale of adventure from the author of the bestselling HORRIBLE HISTORIES A handsome stranger claiming to be one of Queen Elizabeth’s spies arrives at Marsden Manor and asks for help. Will Marsden and his grandfather seize on the chance for adventure! As they set out on their journey, Grandfather tells Will how his own father fought for Henry VIII at the battle of Flodden Field. Then, as now, there were desperate skirmishes on the Borders between the English and the Scots Reivers – cattle thieves. Riding north to Scotland, neither of them realises what danger they are being led into. Luckily, Meg the serving girl is very clever . . .