Like uncorking a good wine to find it has even improved with age, it was a pleasant surprise to discover magnet's paperback edition of Rosemary Sutcliff's Tudor novel, 'The Armourer's House', originally written in 1951. Henry VIII's London comes alive in a kaleidoscope of period detail --- all the hustle and noise and colour of the growing, thriving seaport and centre of trade, is brought vividly to the page. Both as an invaluable background reader to school projects on the Tudor period, and as an enthralling and sensitive tale of a sea-loving country girl's transition to life in town, the book is well worth re-discovering.
Links:
[1] http://ww.booksforkeeps.co.uk/childrens-books/the-armourers-house
[2] http://ww.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/19
[3] http://ww.booksforkeeps.co.uk/member/bill-boyle