WORLD HISTORY READING LIST

LEVEL 3

 

Choose at least one book for each term as additional independent reading.

 

1st Year: Term 1

EGYPT

 

          God King by Joanne Williamson

The Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson
Shadow Hawk by Joanne Andre Noton (pub. Bethlehem Books)

Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green
Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

 

ANCIENT GREECE


Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker - Sparta and Athens

Crown of Violet by Geoffrey Trease (o.o.p.) - Athens, Greek drama

The Twenty Two Letters by Clive King (o.o.p) 

 

 

1st Year: Term 2

 

ANCIENT ROME

 

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Detectives in Togas (Henry Winterfeld) - detective story
The Ides of April by Mary Ray
A Triumph for Flavius by Caroline Dale Snedeker

The White Isle by Caroline Dale Snedeker

Between the Forest and the Hills by Ann Lawrence

 

ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND


King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green

Augustine Came to Kent by Barbara Willard - conversion of England, early 7th century

Dragonslayer: the Story of Beowulf by Rosemary Sutcliff

Beowulf the Warrior by Ian Serraillier

Wordhoard by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Jill Paton Walsh (o.o.p.) - short stories set at different times

 

EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE

The White Stag by Kate Seredy - Hungary

Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard

 

VIKINGS

 

Sword Song by Rosemary Sutcliff

Viking Dawn / The Road to Miklagard / Viking Sunset by Henry Treece (o.o.p) - trilogy based on Viking saga

The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French

1st Year: Term 3

 

MIDDLE AGES

 

The Red Keep by Allen French
Casilda and the Rising Moon by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino - 11th century Spain

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.Konigsburg - Eleanor of Aquitaine, 12th century France and England

Lost Baron by Allen French - set in Cornwall (England) in 1200

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Grey

The Ramsay Scallop by France Temple - a young betrothed couple are sent on pilgrimage, set in England in 1299
The Lion of St.Mark by G.A.Henty - Venice
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Philbrook Kelly
Red Towers of Granada by Geoffrey Trease (o.o.p) - 13th century Spain and England

Ring Out Bow Bells [US Title: The Sign of the Green Falcon] by Cynthia Harnett - England, early 15th century

 

2nd Year: Term 1

 

The Woolpack [US Title: The Merchant's Mark] by Cynthia Harnett - England, late 15th century

Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer - story of the young Queen Mary

I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino - story of a young slave owned by the painter Velazquez

Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease - adventure story, England in late 16th century, Shakespeare

Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal by Robert Reilly - Ireland, 16th century

Children of the New Forest by Captain Maryatt - English civil war, 17th century

A Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh - plague destroys an English village, 17th century
Master Cornhill by Eloise Jarvis MacGraw - Great Fire of London, 1666

 

2nd Year: Term 2

 

Martin Hyde The Duke's Messenger by John Masefield - Monmouth rebellion against James II, 17th century England

Bonnie Dundee by Rosemary Sutcliff - 18th century England and Scotland

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - French Revolution
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy - French Revolution
Thunder of Valmy by Geoffrey Trease (o.o.p) - French Revolution 

 

2nd Year: Term 3

 

Follow My Black Plume by Geoffrey Trease (o.o.p) - Garibaldi, 19th century Italy
A Thousand for Sicily by Geoffrey Trease (o.o.p) - Garibaldi, 19th century Italy

The Good Master by Kate Seredy - early 20th century Hungary

 

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