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Cue for Treason (1940) is a children's historical novel written by Geoffrey Trease, and is his best-known work. The novel is set in Elizabethan England at the end of the 16th century. [ a ] Two young runaways become boy actors , at first on the road and later in London , where they are befriended by William Shakespeare .
A conservationist, her story book Tilly Mint and the Dodo (1988) centres on the threat of species extinction. [7] [13] Spellhorn (1989) uses a fantasy setting to explore the experience of blindness. Several of her works have historical settings, such as Street Child (1993), which is set in 1860s London and Treason, set in Henry VIII's reign.
Robert Geoffrey Trease FRSL (11 August 1909 – 27 January 1998) was a prolific British writer who published 113 books, mainly for children, between 1934 and 1997, starting with Bows Against the Barons and ending with Cloak for a Spy in 1997. His work has been translated into 20 languages.
Hostage is the second novel in the Navy Justice series. Like the novel Treason, Hostage also features the life and adventures of a young Navy JAG officer, Zack Brewer.In Hostage, Brewer appears with his co-counsel, Lieutenant Wendy Poole, in a case before the United States Supreme Court in a case to determine the application of the death penalty.
Executed for treason after breaking in to the King's apartments at Hampton Court Palace. Robert Kett: 7 December 1549 Hanged for treason in Wymondham after leading Kett's Rebellion. Humphrey Arundell: 27 January 1550 Hanged, drawn, and quartered at the Tower of London for treason after leading the Prayer Book Rebellion. Edward Seymour, 1st Duke ...
John Anthony Stormer (February 9, 1928 – July 10, 2018) was an American Protestant anti-communist author, best known for his 1964 book None Dare Call It Treason. Both a pastor and a Christian school superintendent, his books have sold millions, warning America about the communist infiltration of American society, politics and culture.
Treason is a British spy thriller television miniseries created by Matt Charman for the streaming service Netflix. It stars Olga Kurylenko , Oona Chaplin , Ciarán Hinds , and Charlie Cox . Treason was released on 26 December 2022, consisting of five episodes.
[16] Writing in 2003, Stephen Carver claimed that "Although critics are often scathing of this author, Guy Fawkes Book the Second is a reasonable history lesson". [17] Ainsworth's novel transformed Fawkes into an "acceptable fictional character", and Fawkes subsequently began to appear in children's books and penny dreadfuls. [18]