The Goldsmith's Daughter

  Tanya’s titles for younger children include three stories about Flotsam and Jetsam; the young novel Waking Merlin and its sequel Merlin’s Apprentice; and The World’s Bellybutton and its sequel The Kraken Snores. Since 1992 Tanya has been part of Storybox Theatre, working alongside her husband Rod Burnett. She lives with her family in Devon.

  You can find out more about Tanya and her books by visiting her website at www.tanyalandman.com

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously.

  First published 2008 by Walker Books Ltd

  87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ

  Text © 2008 Tanya Landman

  Cover photograph: Blend Images/Alamy

  Extract p. 7 from The Conquest of Mexico

  by Hugh Thomas, published by Hutchinson.

  Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.

  The right of Tanya Landman to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.

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  available from the British Library

  ISBN 978-1-4063-3949-9 (ePub)

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