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Name: A Traveller in Time
Author: Alison Uttley

In this engaging page‑turner, a contemporary girl is swept back in time to feudal England. There she witnesses the clandestine Babbington plan to free Mary Queen of Scots. Blending historic detail with a child’s perspective, the story invites readers into the dramatic world of 16th‑century Britain.

First publish date: February 1981

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy

Authors: Alison Uttley

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