Download or read book Britannia: Great Stories from British History written by Geraldine McCaughrean and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names live again in these 101 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. Spanning nearly three thousand years, and including stories as up-to-date as Live Aid, the Braer Oil Tanker disaster and the Hadron Collider, each story includes a note on what really happened.