Den of Thieves (Cat Royal, No. 3) [Import] [Hardcover]

Julia Golding (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Egmont; 1St Edition edition (January 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405228180
• ISBN-13: 978-1405228183
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,250,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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My journey to becoming an author has been a roundabout one, taking in many other careers. I grew up on the edge of Epping Forest (Essex, UK) and was that dreamy kind of child who was always writing stories. After reading English at Cambridge, I decided to find out as much as I could about the wider world so joined the Foreign Office and served in Poland. My work as a diplomat took me from the high point of town twinning in the Tatra Mountains to the low of inspecting the bottom of a Silesian coal mine.

On leaving Poland, I exchanged diplomacy for academia and took a doctorate in the literature of the English Romantic Period at Oxford. I then joined Oxfam as a lobbyist on conflict issues, campaigning at the UN and with governments to lessen the impact of conflict on civilians living in war zones - a cause about which I still feel very passionate.

Married with three children, I now live in Oxford between two rivers, surrounded by gargoyles, beautiful sandstone buildings and ancient trees. I plan my books while walking our dog, Caspar, on Port Meadow by the Thames or Isis.

My first novel, 'The Diamond of Drury Lane', won the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2006 and the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 (formerly known as the Smarties Prize). I was also chosen by Waterstone's in 2007 as one of their 'Twenty-five authors for the future'. 'Empty Quarter' was longlisted for the Carnegie Award 2009; 'Wolf Cry' in 2010. In the US, 'Secret of the Sirens' won the honor book medal of the Green Earth Book Award.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Teens review, January 7, 2010

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This review is from: Den of Thieves (Cat Royal Adventures (Hardback)) (Hardcover)

I have read the cat royal books before this one and loved all of them. This one was no exception. Cat is just as spunky as ever and and she is starting to grow up. She has a love interest. And of course there is the fact that every type of gang leader takes an interest in her,good or bad. The story starts off with Drury Lane closing down and Cat is left stranded. It's interesting but not the most important part of the story. However it quickly goes to Cat getting sent off to France in the middle of the French rebellion. There she makes some new friends and a very dangerous enemy. Julia Golding also includes the humor that is in all of the other books.