Cleo hissed at the man holding her mistress and sank her teeth into his leg. “Ow!” shrieked the man, dropping Isis. “Serves you right, you big bully,” said Isis, scooping up Cleo and stroking her fur. “Gather round, men!” King Arthur shouted. Tom, Isis and Al were standing among the group of woul...
Odysseus finally whispered. “The sun has been down for a good while. It’s time to spring our attack!” Tom marvelled that the Trojans had not discovered the Greek soldiers, hidden away in the belly of the horse. But judging by the shouting and singing that had been going on outside for hours, the ...
It was no use. The guards had caught up with them and they were surrounded on all sides by tall stewards with mean-looking faces and glinting spears. How would they get to Cleo now? Tom noticed that the stewards’ togas were dazzling white and draped in careful folds, and the men wore beaded sanda...
Erik the Red was a real Viking! Find out more about him and other fearsome Vikings. IVAR THE BONELESS was a Viking leader who ruled parts of Denmark and Sweden. No one knows for sure why he got his name – some people believe he had an illness that made the bones in his legs soft, so that he had t...