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Uncle Toby had said that there would be castles to explore, with ghosts and things. This helps to cheer up the glum twelve-year old Lovell twins, Tom and Mary, leaving their schools and loving parents to be evacuated to wild Northumbria during World War II. Then the adventure begins. They live with their Aunt Victoria and Uncle Leslie, meet the loveable 'Mrs M', a strange dog called 'Scamp' and, worst, the terrible private tutor, Miss Urquart, from whom they run away to find a mysterious castle seen through an old telescope. Now they are drawn into bizarre supernatural events of a time-warp...

They took his grandparents. They attacked his mom and dad. Now, they're after him. Fourteen-year-old Arec Mira doesn't know why, but the most powerful, deadly and secretive organization on the planet is after him, and something called the Rocket Handbook. Arec's only hope is to piece together his puzzling past, and with his brother Jacque, discover why his opponents feel they must unleash their most lethal forces in order to capture him.

After the misery of Oliver Cromwell's republican 'Protectorate', following the execution of Charles I, his son is restored to the throne. Britain thankfully returns to monarchy. King Charles II is different to his father. He is roguish, and nicknamed 'The Merry Monarch', loving festivities, gambling and horse racing. His Queen, Catherine, fails to produce an heir, yet he has many mistresses and fathers several illegitimate children. Highly intelligent, he has innumerable interests and furthers both science and astronomy. Although much happier, his reign has problems. Essentially needed is a...