"There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings."
Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the island. But this is 1936, and the news that trickles in from the mainland reveals a world on the brink of war. The politics of Europe seem far away from their remote island-until two German officers land a boat on Montmaray. And then suddenly politics become very personal indeed.
A Brief History of Montmaray is a heart-stopping tale of loyalty, love, and loss, and of fighting to hold on to home when the world is exploding all around you.
"Once in a while, a special book will cross our paths and make us grateful for life and the ability to read. I'm talking about A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. I'm calling her Australia's next stroke of literary brilliance."-Viewpoint
| ISBN: | 9780375851544 |
| Publication date: | 8th March 2011 |
| Author: | Michelle Cooper |
| Publisher: | Knopf Books for Young Readers an imprint of Random House Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | The Montmaray Journals |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage general interest: Queens, kings, princesses, princes etc PSHE: Family Issues Stories about Family and Friends Historical Fiction |