By Terry Deary (author) , Helen Flook (illustrator)
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Every day, hapless hopefuls - or 'coneys', as the locals call them - come to dirty and dangerous London town, trying to seek their fortunes.
Who is waiting for them? Tricksters and conmen, that's who - like young Eleanor's family.
Eleanor becomes troubled by her family's cunning and foils their plans to catch a coney.
Meanwhile, fearsome King Henry VIII has some rather cruel ideas of justice ...for everyone.
Don't miss www.teary-deary.com - the author's own fantastic website, with detailed information about all our books, plus others, about Terry as a writer, as well as extracts, quizzes, games and activities.
One of the World Book Day 2014 Authors Terry Deary is the author of 249 fiction and non-fiction books published in 36 years and is one of the most successful children’s authors of all time. His Horrible Histories series has sold over 6 million copies in the UK and has been translated into over 40 languages, as well as being adapted into a BAFTA award-winning television series for CBBC. Terry was also voted The Outstanding Non-Fiction Author of the 20th Century (Books for Keeps). He has now turned his attentions to adult fiction and non-fiction and more television and stage work.
He is married to Jenny and they have a daughter Sara who recently had twins, Terry's first grandchildren. He lives in Durham.
Q+A with Terry Deary
Favourite Hero: Guy Fawkes
Favourite Monster: The Chimera
Your weapon of choice: Machine Gun
Special Secret Power: Invisibility
Favourite Fight scene: Gladiators
Goodie or baddie: Baddie
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Every day, hapless hopefuls - or 'coneys', as the locals call them - come to dirty and dangerous London town, trying to seek their fortunes. Who is waiting for them?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Thief, the Fool and the Big Fat King and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
The Thief, the Fool and the Big Fat King features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Historical Fiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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The Thief, the Fool and the Big Fat King was written by Terry Deary and published by A & C Black Publishers Ltd an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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