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|author=Peter Cottrill

|title= Terrible True Tales from the Tower of London

|rating= 5

|genre= Children's Non-Fiction

|summary=The history of the infamous Tower of London is full of gore and death. Its rich history dates back to the eleventh century and since then it has played host to many famous figures, many of them ill-fated prisoners. The history of the Tower is told within this book's pages, only this time it's told by the ravens that live there. They are the Tower's guardians who reside there permanently due to an ancient legend that all of London will fall should they be removed, and after centuries of watching over the Tower they have their own version of history to tell.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406376884</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author=Sarah Hutton

|summary=You'll like as not have seen a children's book before and harangued it for containing errors. This book has at least two hundred, and that's not a problem. Yes, in personifying the idea of learning through your mistakes, we get ten large dioramas of historical activity, all containing twenty things that shouldn't be there. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to try and find them all. And the learning is also here, as we get text to tell us what the goofs were designed to show us. Make no mistake, this is a clever and absorbing read…

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847809634</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Matthew Clark Smith and Matt Tavares~~

~~|title=Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot~~

~~|rating=4.5~~

~~|genre=Children's Non-Fiction~~

|summary=We're in Paris, and – not to be too rude about things – we seem surrounded by idiots. For one, it seems they think the perfect place to experiment with manned hot air balloon flights is in the middle of the biggest city in the world. For another, they think only men could suffer the slightly colder and slightly thinner air experienced on such an adventure – women would never be able to cope. Meanwhile, a young girl is dreaming of flight, as so many are wont to do, completely unaware that she will soon marry one of the most famed balloonists. They will have joint journeys skyward, before his early demise – leaving the young woman, Sophie Blanchard, to go it alone and become the first female pilot.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0763677329</amazonuk>~~

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