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Apr 28, 2009 the diamond of drury lane follows cat, a young girl growing up in the 1790s. She still doesnt know what the treasure is, so how can she keep it safe from billy and his gang. The first edition of the novel was published in 2008, and was written by julia golding. Set in 1790s covent garden this is the story of cat royal, an orphan who lives at the theatre in drury lane. Buy the diamond of drury lane by julia golding from waterstones today. The diamond of drury lane by julia golding abebooks. Cat in london cat royal series volume 1 golding, julia on. Catherine cat royal, an orphan who lives at the drury lane theater in 1790s london, tries to find the diamond supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist and involves her in the street gangs of covent garden and the world of nobility. Book trailer for the diamond of drury lane, awarding winning novel and first in the cat royal series. Mar 09, 2015 julia golding, the diamond of drury lane cat royal cat royal. Cat royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Buy the diamond of drury lane cat royal by julia golding isbn.
The diamond of drury lane follows cat, a young girl growing up in the 1790s. The second episode in the cat royal adventure series plunges readers into the underbelly of london in a mission for justice. Her other works include the ship between the worlds, wolf cry, the silver sea and mel foster and the. The diamond of drury lane is a childrens historical novel by julia golding which won the nestle childrens book prize gold award and the waterstones childrens book prize in 2006. Shes cat royal four foot four, with long red hair, green eyes and not a penny she can call her own. Pdf the inheritors book by william golding free download. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
More than 1 million books in pdf, epub, mobi, tuebl and audiobook formats. The book became the first in the popular cat royal series. She has never met her mother and was found on the steps of the theatre as a baby. The playwright and theatre manager richard sheridan rescues an abandoned child and brings her to the theatre royal. Julia golding is the author of more than a dozen childrens books, and shes married with three children and lives in oxford, england.
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