Kate and the Revolution

by John Rowe Townsend

Seventeen-year-old Kate falls in love with a prince and finds herself in the middle of a revolution.

Genres: Habsburg Spain

219 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

John Rowe Townsend (born 1922) is a British children's author and academic. His best-known children's novel is The Intruder, which won a 1971 Edgar Award, and his best-known academic work is Written for Children: An Outline of English Language Children's Literature (1965), the definitive work of its time on the subject.

He was born in Leeds, and studied at Leeds Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Among his popular works are Gumble's Yard (his debut novel, published in 1961), Widdershins Crescent (1965), and The Intruder (1969), which won a 1971 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile Mystery. In Britain, The Intruder was made into a children's TV series starring Milton Johns as the stranger. Noah's Castle was filmed by Southern television and transmitted in seven 25-minute episodes in 1980.

Reviews

[Joelle Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite John Rowe Townsend books and I love them all. This one is 29 years old and you'd never know it to read it today (except for maybe a few technology things...like they play records and tapes and don't have the internet). Fabulous. Published in the U.S. as KATE AND THE REVOLUTION.

[April Pardoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book & have read it many times - though my copy is called A Foreign Affair (and it's signed by the author!)