Len Deighton was born in 1929 in London. He did his national service in the RAF, went to the Royal College of Art and designed many book jackets, including the original UK edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The enormous success of his first spy novel, The IPCRESS File (1962), was repeated in a remarkable sequence of books over the following decades. These varied from historical fiction (Bomber, perhaps his greatest novel) to dystopian alternative fiction (SS-GB) and a number of brilliant non-fiction books on the Second World War (Fighter, Blitzkrieg and Blood, Tears and Folly). 
 
His spy novels chart the twists and turns of Britain and the Cold War in ways which now give them a unique flavour. They preserve a world in which Europe contains many dictatorships, in which the personal can be ruined by the ideological and where the horrors of the Second World War are buried under only a very thin layer of soil. Deighton's fascination with technology, his sense of humour and his brilliant evocation of time and place make him one of the key British espionage writers, alongside John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré.

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Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl who longs to be a princess, attending Rosewood Hall on a scholarship. 
 
Ellie Wolf is a princess who longs to be ordinary, attending Rosewood Hall to avoid her royal duties in the kingdom of Maradova. 
 
When fate puts the two fourteen-year-olds in the same dorm, it seems like a natural solution to swap identities: after all, everyone mistakenly believes Lottie to be the princess anyway. 
 
But someone's on to their secret, and at Rosewood nothing is ever as it seems...

Undercover Princess

Ellie is a rebellious princess hiding her real identity. 
 
Lottie is her Portman, acting as the princess for the public to shield Ellie from scrutiny. 
 
Jamie is Ellie's Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost. 
 
Lottie, Ellie and Jamie are back for another year at Rosewood - but nothing will ever be the same again. 
 
They're still reeling from their discovery that someone rather close to home is leader of Leviathan - the group determined to take the princess down at any cost. 
 
Together they must piece together clues to Leviathan's evil plans. But this is far from simple - especially as an undercover Leviathan agent is in their midst. 
 
Friendships are at stake, families must be reunited and hearts are at risk of breaking . . .

Princess at Heart

Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl who longs to be a princess; Ellie Wolf is a princess who longs to be ordinary. When fate puts them in the same dorm at Rosewood Hall, the two come up with the perfect solution: to swap places. 
 
Now back for their second year at Rosewood, Lottie and Ellie are close as ever, and learning more about their new roles. 
 
But strange things are happening at Rosewood. With pupils being poisoned, it seems like the threat of secret organisation Leviathan is growing closer. 
 
Lottie and Ellie are determined to find the culprit. But is danger closer than they think? 
 
PRINCESS IN PRACTICE is the sequel to the hugely popular UNDERCOVER PRINCESS.

Princess in Practice

Lottie Pumpkin is an ordinary girl - pretending to be a princess. 
 
Ellie Wolf is a princess - pretending to be ordinary. 
 
This arrangement has been working well for the best friends since they first decided to swap identities two years ago. They are enjoying life at the magical and mysterious Rosewood Hall boarding school, despite the efforts of sinister organisation Leviathan to uncover their secret. 
 
But when the threat grows too serious, they are forced to travel to their beloved Rosewood's sister school in Japan. Will they be safe there from the danger at home? Or are some secrets just too serious to hide? 
 
This is the third instalment in the bestselling Rosewood Chronicles series.

The Lost Princess

Return to the magical world of The Rosewood Chronicles in the fifth and final instalment of this gorgeous series for fans of The Princess Diaries and Harry Potter. 
 
 Ellie is a rebellious princess who is no longer hiding her real identity. 
 
 Lottie is her Portman, wishing that she could shield Ellie from the threat of Leviathan. 
 
 Jamie is Ellie's Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost - but has mysteriously disappeared. 
 
 Not all of the trio have made it back to Rosewood Hall. Can they be reunited? And at what cost? 
 
 With the crown at risk, the stakes have never been higher . . . 
 
 
 
 
 Praise for Undercover Princess: 
 
 'With a fake princess, a rogue royal and fairytale twists aplenty, this is the start of a fun new series' - The Sun 
 
 'Once Upon A Time fans will love this new book' - Buzzfeed 
 
 'The book is a great example of friendship and bravery' - First News 
 
 'A fun blend of school story, adventure and mystery' - Week Junior

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