The crowning of a British monarch is one of the oldest, most colorful and most romantic rituals in the world.Its roots reach back through history into legend. Almost everything about the ceremony stems from distant tradition—from the officers who attend to the robes they wear and the tales of heroism and terror that surround the Crown Jewels.A born storyteller with a love of history who grew up in England, Leonard Wibberley (author of The Mouse...

Take Me to Your President is another brilliant political satire by the author of The Mouse That Roared.After chasing his dog (who was chasing a rabbit), a simple farmer from a small village in England finds himself inexplicably on board a top-secret intergalactic missile. Before he can sort it out, the farmer finds himself touching down in the United States of America where he is mistaken for a Martian. And now it's up to him to bring world peace....

"Elizabethan Commando."—The New York Times"Delightful reading for adults and thrilling fare for teenagers."—Los Angeles TimesYoung John Forrester never knew his father, a man who left his family and his home in England in search of the treasure of El Dorado…and disappeared.But when he receives news that his father is still alive and being held prisoner in Spain, John is thrust on a mission to save him…but he must s...

17th century pirates, swashbuckling action, and romance...19-year-old Tom Lincoln is captured by the notorious pirate Henry Morgan and forced into a life of piracy. To escape and rescue another prisoner—the teenage niece of the Governor of Panama—Tom must unlock the secret of a mysterious cutlass he found in a cave filled with dead men on an uncharted island.★★★★★ "Well-written, fast-paced, historically accurate, with a great story, wonderful chara...

From the bestselling author of The Mouse That Roared comes a witty tale of a leprechaun in New York.Timothy Patrick Fergus Kevin Sean Desmond McGillicuddy (for short) is a leprechaun diplomat on a mission to convince the President of the United States to halt the construction of a new U.S.-owned airport on a tract of Little People land in Ireland. With the belief "mischief is me nature" and the help of a 10-year-old American boy, he proves wee folk a big f...

A story of spiritual values, about a devoted young priest in an Irish fishing village who battles with the Celtic superstitions of the villagers…The Irish meaning of the name of the village—Killknock—is "the church on the mountain." It is a little place, no more than two hundred souls and all but one of them Catholic. A poor and ancient fishing village, it is devoutly Christian while still believing in old Celtic myths, legends and superstitions. Who the stranger was, no one knew. B...