Product Description
Collection of moving and hilarious poetry for children
Gabriel Fitzmaurice was born in Moyvane, Co Kerry in 1952. Chairman and Literary advisor of Writer's Week, Listowel, he has published four collections of poetry in English, Rainsong, Road To The Horizon, Dancing Through, and The Father's Part.
An award winner at the Gerard Manley Hopkins Centenary Poetry Competition, he has broadcast extensively on Irish radio and television.
I Was There… is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there.
I Was There… 1066 tells the thrilling story of a young page boy at the heart of the Battle of Hastings. Edwin risks everything to infiltrate the Norman army and find out William of Normandy’s plans for King Harold. Brilliantly reimagined and tied in with the new primary curriculum, readers aged 7+ will love this vivid and exciting first-hand account of the last successful military invasion of England.