Amelia Elliot was half way down the stairs to the school dining hall when her life changed forever.

Before the gong sounded for tea she was an ordinary schoolgirl looking forward to her thirteenth birthday and worrying about her Latin exam. After the gong, she was an orphan sent hurtling into a shadowy world of subterfuge, treachery and unlikely friendship.

In a fight to reclaim the mysterious family chest left to her by her Tudor ancestor Matilda, she begins a thrilling journey which will lead her from glittering ballrooms to the slums of the Rookeries, from society séances to the lime-lit stages of the London music hall.

The second novel in the A Girl for All Time® series, Amelia's Inheritance tells the story of 13-year old orphan Amelia Elliot in Victorian London.

This is me, Matilda

'My name is Matilda Marchmont.'

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This is me, Matilda

'My name is Matilda Marchmont.'

'Two days ago I would have said that I had the most boring life in the world, but ALL THAT HAS CHANGED. The day after my thirteenth birthday I left my sleepy country home and family to travel for three freezing cold days on horseback to London... to join the glamour and craziness of Henry VIII's court.

I've only been here two hours and already its been terrifying, thrilling, shocking, weird and really exciting. My only friend in the world is my secret diary, which I lock in a hidden compartment in my traveling trunk. But I can share its pages with you... if you can keep it secret too...

I'll be sharing court-life: the fashions, the food, the intrigues surrounding the queen, and whether I survive it all!

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