Stuart Hill is the author of the Icemark series of historical fantasy novels and winner of the inaugural Watersone's Children's Book Prize. Published in 18 languages, Stuart visits many schools to talk about his background, his books and being a writer, as well as enthusing about history and learning. Stuart was born and brought up in Leicester where he lives with his partner and their two cats.
This story really does describe a lot of what living in those times must have been like - the clothes, the food, how they trained for battle, how they fought, the fact most people were focused on just surviving, that even in times of peace people were constantly waiting for the next battle. * ofamily learning together blog * I like that these books include a glossary for those unusual words as well as a note about historical accuracy in The First King of England. It's helpful for children to see how the author pieced together history to create the story. * Let them be small *