Bøker av Linda Upham

Out in the Fens, Hereward the Wake is leading a rebellion against the oppressive Normans who have recently conquered England, and, near Huntingdon, a rebellious Saxon girl is struggling against her parents' wish that she marries a Norman. Land has been seized illegally and her father is trying to preserve his inheritance by this unwanted marriage but Hunneva's fight will take her into great danger and as she leaves the safety of her home she could bring disaster onto her family. She will need all her intelligence and common sense if she - and her family- are to come out of this alive and safe.A fast-moving adventure, based on true facts of the Norman occupation of the East of England.

Ina and Alan live in dangerous times, when many of the villages around them are rebelling against the Roman military occupation, and are frequently harassed by Roman soldiers looking for rebels. Ina finds a wounded fugitive who has a beautiful and unusual bronze dagger. Grandmother recognises it as the work of the children's father, who was taken away by the Roman soldiers many years before. Can the dagger lead Ina and Alan to their father? This unusual story is set in Lincolnshire at the time of Boudicca's uprising. The past comes to life in this exciting adventure story of the children's search for their father. Many of the places they visit and the roads they use are still exist today - but it was very different back then.

It is the autumn of 1644 and a civil war has been fought up and down England, between the King and Parliament but with no clear winners. In the market town of Huntingdon, Abigail Fullwood and her parents and two brothers get on with living their lives.But war comes to the town with Parliamentary soldiers in the streets, and then Tom, the older brother runs away with the army when it leaves. Will he survive? Will the family ever know what happens to him?Abi is an intelligent girl, and unusually has been educated so that she can help her father the apothecary; but she is also frustrated at the lack of a formal education or career for herself. In the seventeenth century, women are considered to be the weaker sex and fit only for domestic tasks.Months later, in the summer of 1645, the King and his Royalist army descend suddenly on Huntingdon. There are soldiers in the streets again and in the homes and houses which means Abi has to find a way for herself and her family to survive amongst the turmoil and violence. Added to this is the problem of coping with the Royalist soldiers who are billeted on her home just as a Parliamentary spy has asked for her help.What will the future hold for Abi and her family now?This is a novel for 9-14 year olds.