You've probably heard of a few writers\. \* William Shakespeare and his popular plays \* Jane Austen and her love stories \* Charles Dickens and his big blockbusters But have you heard that\. \* William Shakespeare got mixed up in a plot against the Queen? \* Jane Austen nearly became a Bigg-Wither? \* Charles Dickens had his clothes ripped off by his fans? Yes, even when they're dead writers are still full of surprises \- and the eight in this book are more surprising than most. Now you can get the inside story from their secret diaries, flick through Good Day! magazine for some nineteenth-century gossip, and find out all about the writers whose tall tales have changed the world.
| ISBN: | 9780439982290 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 2005 |
| Author: | Tracey Turner, Clive Goddard |
| Publisher: | Hippo an imprint of Scholastic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Dead Famous |
| Genres: |
History Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes |