{"id":279522,"date":"2025-06-07T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T14:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/captain-vlad-and-the-mary-rose-by-kate-and-sam-cunningham-everything-is-better-with-dragons\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T14:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T14:50:59","slug":"captain-vlad-and-the-mary-rose-by-kate-and-sam-cunningham-everything-is-better-with-dragons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=279522","title":{"rendered":"Captain Vlad and the Mary Rose, by Kate and Sam Cunningham \u2013 Everything Is Better With Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Formats available:<\/strong>\u00a0Paperback
First published:<\/strong>\u00a001\/04\/24
Series:<\/strong>\u00a0A Flea in History<\/a>
ISBN:<\/strong>\u00a09780993338237<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Description<\/strong><\/p>\n

King Henry VIII\u2019s favourite ship, the Mary Rose, is sailing to Portsmouth to stop a French invasion. This should be the easy part of the journey, but for Captain Vlad flea and his crew of rats, the humans and their pets create dangers on every deck.<\/p>\n

Join Vlad and Roxton rat as they work out how to avoid Hatch the dog and the Captain Carew\u2019s hawk.<\/p>\n

This book has been written and illustrated using the artefacts, research and knowledge of the experts of the Mary Rose Trust. It is a fun way to find out about Tudor ships and what it was like to live on board one of Henry\u2019s fleet.<\/p>\n

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My Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Kate and Sam Cunningham for sending me a copy of this book, and to Anne of Random Things Tours for organising this tour.<\/p>\n

Vlad the flea and his cohort of rats travel aboard the Mary Rose on her final voyage to Southampton, and expect a quiet journey. Until they realise that there\u2019s a dog and a hawk aboard. The rats explore the ship and come up with a plan to deal with both of them at once. <\/p>\n

This is an entertaining story for young children that introduces them to historical events, places and people. The sinking of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII\u2019s first and favourite ship, is a famous event, especially since the raising and preservation of the ship in the 1980s. The story is simple but fun.<\/p>\n

I loved the illustrations, they\u2019re colourful and really well done. I like the watercolour effect on some of them and the line work. They\u2019re detailed and appear to be fairly accurate. <\/p>\n

I will be recommending this book, and the series to people in my life with young children. <\/p>\n

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About the author and illustrator<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kate <\/strong>was a primary school teacher for nine years, before writing and publishing the first Vlad flea book in 2016. Reading Riddle is a grew out of her passion for books, and a belief that children learn best when they are enjoying themselves. She is married to historian, Sean Cunningham, and Sam is the eldest of her three sons.<\/p>\n

In between writing books Kate visits schools and libraries (often dressed in a kirtle) to run sessions about history and writing. She is a member of the Society of Authors, the National Association of Writers in Education, the NEU and ALLi.<\/p>\n

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Sam <\/strong>illustrates the Vlad Flea and Time Tumblers books with his incredibly detailed images. He graduated from Gloucestershire University. He produced the murals for the Family Corner in the Florence Nightingale Museum and images for\u00a0The Carpenter\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Scaffolder\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0in the National Archives graphic arts project ebook,\u00a0Chronicles of the Dissolution \u2013 piety, plunder and protest<\/em><\/a>, which is available here. Find more of Sam\u2019s work and how to contact him on his website\u00a0www.samcunninghamart.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tPublished by R Cawkwell<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tHi I’m Rosemarie and I like to write. I write short stories and longer fiction, poetry and occasionally articles. I’m working on quite a few things at the minute and wouldn’t mind one day actually getting published in print.\t\t\t\t
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