Bøker av Barbara Henderson

No. Not the Palace. Anywhere but the Palace. 12-year-old Alexander Buchan was once content, training as a falconer at Strathbogie Castle in Huntly. But when his Earl sends him to Edinburgh to the court of the newly arrived Mary, Queen of Scots, the boy finds himself lured into a world of intrigue, terror and treachery. Alexander knows right from wrong, but how can he hope to outwit the Earl's murderous messenger? Surely no one can defy such a powerful master whose wife is rumoured to be a witch!Soon, more than the boy's own life is at stake: his friend Lizzie is arrested and the the angry clouds of Reformation Scotland gather around the young Queen. It seems that Alexander must spy ‿ or die.

The artist, the Blue Badge tour guide, the construction superintendent ‿ join writer Barbara Henderson and photographer Alan McCredie for an A-Z glimpse behind the scenes at Scotland‿s iconic Forth Bridge. Packed with stories and anecdotes, meet the people whose lives are inextricably welded to the famous red girders: enthusiasts, professionals, residents, researchers, souvenir sellers, lifeboat crew, train drivers, writers and volunteers, all accompanied by images from the acclaimed photographer Alan McCredie. Whilst there are several photographic books on the Forth Bridge they mainly have an emphasis on the structure itself, not the people here and now. Made from Girders seeks to give a real sense of what the bridge means to people. This book will be of interest to people from the area or who have connections to the Forth Rail Bridge, as well as tourists visiting the area.

13-year-old Archie and his feisty cousin Meg find themselves at the centre of Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape from enemies of the Jacobite cause following the battle of Culloden.

Based on real people and events, Rivet Boy blends fact and fiction to tell the story of one boy's role in the building of the iconic Forth Bridge-Scotland's greatest man-made wonder-in 1889.

There it is again, hope. The defeat and the despair I can stand, but it's the hope that kills me, as if the Cause wasn't lost, as if Father hadn't died in vain. As if any one of us could possibly come out of this alive... Following the death of his father, 13-year-old Archie MacDonald has lost faith in the Jacobite Cause. Having witnessed their clan's terrible defeat at the Battle of Culloden, Archie and his feisty cousin Meg flee back to Lochaber to lie low. Or so they think. Until the fugitive Prince's life depends on them. When Prince Charles Edward Stuart looks to the people of Borrodale for help, will the young stable boy support the rebellion that has cost him so dearly?With enemies closing in, the Prince's fate now rests in the hands of a stable boy and a maid with a white cockade. Who will survive this deadly game of hide-and-seek?

12-year-old Kylan is a Viking slave; when he gets the chance to return to the Hebrides, the Lewis Chessmen he helped carve become his only hope of escape and survival.

A tale of adventure and bravery, based on the real-life castle siege in the summer of the year 1300. Knights and nobles, pages and prisoners - and a girl of conscience with plenty of courage as the catapults release their rocks into the sky.

Em and Zac battle nature in this eco-thriller set on a remote Scottish island.

Dumfries, 1792. Henry may only be twelve, but he has already begun his training in the Excise, combating smuggling like his father does. But when a large smuggling schooner is stranded nearby, the stakes are high - even with reinforcements, and the newly recruited officer, a poet called Robert Burns.

Eight-year-old Jane, an ordinary English girl from an ordinary English town, is taken to the planet Mars by Zog, a representative of the King of Mars.She is needed there to teach the king's children the backwards alphabet that will be presented in honor of the queen's birthday. Hopefully Jane's efforts will help alleviate the queen's sadness, since she is lonely after her sister moved far way from Mars. The queen and her sister used to recite the backwards alphabet together when they were younger. Will Jane's efforts make the Queen of Mars happy?This imaginative fantasy tells how one little girl can make a difference helping others, even after crossing space to experience other cultures.Barbara Henderson wrote her second book, Jane's Trip to Mars ,for her youngest niece, Jane. Her first book, Down in Mr Brown's Garden, was published in 2009. She was brought up in Middlesbrough, England, and now lives in Sheffield, after having lived in many parts of the UK and in Ghana, West Africa.

Runaway Phin's journey across Victorian Scotland with an escaped prisoner and a dancing bear.