Most Popular Books by Leon Garfield

Young William Jones is on a desperate search through darkest London for John Diamond, the son of a man his father apparently once cheated badly. Will he find him? Originally published in the United States as Footsteps, John Diamond "combines a cast of remarkable eccentrics with superb sensory descriptions" (The Horn Book). The title was a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.

A New York Review Children''s Collection Original The Complete Bostock and Harris combines two delightful, suspenseful, and madly funny tales about two boys in eighteenth-century England, clever and mischievous Harris and sweet but not-so-bright Bostock, who in spite of their differences are the best of friends. In “The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris,” the wily pair put their classical education to the test when they adopt the Spartan custom of exposing infants to the wild, leaving Harris’s infant sister, Adelaide, to the elements. The boys imagine a wolf will come to nourish her, but their plan backfires. It is springtime in “The Night of the Comet,” and in the days before Pigott’s comet will pass over their town, Harris’s and Bostock’s thoughts turn to love: Bostock swoons over Harris’s sister Mary; Harris longs for Captain Bostock’s telescope. The boys strike a deal: Bostock will make off with the telescope in exchange for Harris’s “expert” wooing advice. Unfortunately, that expertise is not quite what Bostock would have hoped.

Harris offers Bostock the affections of his sister in exchange for the brass telescope of Bostock''s father and starts a string of misunderstandings about who is courting whom in Brighton.

Fantasy.

In a cave on the wild side of St James''s Park live two ragged children; young Nick and his nine-year-old sister Jubilee. Once they had a father, but now they are alone âe" and Nick knows it is his responsibility to find Jubilee a husband. But who would want to marry a girl who can neither cook nor sew, read nor write?

Samuel, a kitchen-boy in Babylon, serves Belshazzar, the King, and his guests at the feast during which God delivers a message to Belshazzar which is interpreted by Judge Daniel

Leon Garfield has brought together a collection of stories by some of today''s finest writers. It is a book not just for the twelve-year old but for the entire family, with stories ranging from the atmospheric ghost story to the slapstick family comedy.

The Strange Affair of Adalaide Harris

An illustrated, abridged version of the Shakespeare comedy with background information and explanatory stage directions.

Harris offers Bostock the affections of his sister in exchange for the brass telescope of Bostock''s father and starts a string of misunderstandings about who is courting whom in Brighton

Examines the lasting cultural contributions of the age of the Hanover Kings, focusing on the work and personalities of the Kings and queens, writers, musicians, architects, and scientists of the eighteenth century.

Ayant survécu à la pendaison, le terrible Black Jack entraîne Barthélemy dans son sillage et l''oblige à partager sa vie de truand. La rencontre d''une jeune déséquilibrée modifie le comportement de Barthélemy. Un roman dans la tradition des grands romans d''aventures où l''action rocambolesque des personnages colorés se déroule dans un décor historique. Un suspense maintenu du début à la fin.

The story of two apprenticed lads in 18th century London as they seek the attention of the pie-maker''s lovely daughter.

Prehistoric story in which a close encounter with a sabre-toothed tiger sparks off the staging of the first play ever. 5-8 yrs.

A little girl named Abigail finds mad King Nebuchadnezzar eating the flowers in her garden and helps him return to his palace and to God.

Fortælling fra det 18. århundrede om en pige, der er elev hos en jordemor.

Against a background of the building of the Tower of Babel, a boy tries to train a stray dog--and God watches over all.