Stewart Ross

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  • Bibliography:
    57 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1994
  • Latest Book:
    May 2020
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Book List in Order: 57 titles

  • One Crowded Hour

    The year is 1622, and London's court of King James I is a dangerous place for the unwary - and especially for the young, handsome and impressionable would-be lawyer Tom Verney. All too soon he is studying the law, breaking it, and consorting with tho...

  • Beneath Another Sun

    When Charles I banishes Tom Verney for duelling, he decides to use his exile to investigate the disappearance of his wife Lucy. From a pirates' lair in Brittany to the siege of La Rochelle, his quest for love and revenge proves more challenging than ...

  • Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre

    Through an exploration of the characters in the classic novel Jane Eyre, the real-life story of its author, Charlotte Bronte+a5, is presented to young readers, enhanced by full-color illustrations....

  • Warriors and Witches

  • Please Help, Miss Nightingale!

  • Find King Alfred

  • Dragons and Demons

  • Monsters and Magic

  • Spirits and Sorcerers



  • God Bless Queen Victoria!

    Part of the Coming Alive series, this book describes an important event in history, capturing the action in a fictional account based on the historical facts. This title tells the story of Queen Victoria from her accession to the throne as a teenager...

  • Princess Elizabeth, Are You a Traitor?

    Part of the Coming Alive series, this book describes an important event in history, capturing the action in a fictional account based on the historical facts. This text tells the story of the Roman Catholic Queen Mary and her Protestant half-sister P...

  • I can never go home again

  • Only a Matter of Time

    It is early in 1999 when Drita, an Albanian, and Zoran, a Serb, become friends. They are like any other teenagers -- but this is Kosovo, where Serb-Albanian tensions are rising. Learning that their families have become enemies, Drita and Zoran are fo...

  • The Star Houses

    Bandi Guttmann is a fourteen-year-old Hungarian Jew living in Budapest in 1944. German forces have occupied the city, and life for Bandi and his family is about to become unbearable. Set apart from the rest of the community and denied basic rights, t...

  • Curse of the Crocodile God

    Combining the excellence of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge!...

  • Instruments of Death

    Combining the excellence of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge!...

  • Price of Victory

    Combining the excellence of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge!...

  • Terror Trail

    Combining the excellence of DK Readers with the excitement of a graphic novel, these thrilling books use rich, historically accurate settings-such as Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome-as the backdrops for tales of murder, betrayal, and revenge!...

  • Athens Is Saved!

    Focusing on the story of the first marathon, this book tells of Cimon, the legendary young athlete who ran to Athens with the news of the Greeks' victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon -- a feat that inspired one of the greatest of all ...



  • Beware the King!

    Anne Boleyn is prettiest of all ladies-in-waiting at the court of King Henry VIII. It isn't long before she catches the eye of the King, he is bored and unfulfilled by his marriage and with no heir apparent, he is casting his net wide. Anne is in lov...

  • Dear Mum, I Miss You

    Grace is determined to stay in London with her mother. But when their Battersea home is bombed during an air raid, Grace agrees to evacuate and stay with her mysterious aunt -- for her mom's sake. The trouble is she misses her mom too much! This stor...

  • Down with the Romans

  • Please Help, Miss Nightingale!: Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War

    In 1854 Florence Nightingale set sail for Scutari, Turkey, with a bank of nurses, determined to help the British soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. When she first arrived, she was not welcomed, but by the time she left she was hailed as "the soldie...

  • What If the Bomb Goes Off?: The Second World War


    It is World War II, and the town of Coventry is being bombarded by German planes. While out hunting for Nazi spies, Bill and his brother find an unexploded bomb. When their friends refuse to believe them, Bill takes his brother on a dangerous...

  • Greed, Seeds and Slavery

    Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act, this collection of eleven stories follows the lives of slaves of every kind around the world. Join African Queen Jinga as she unites the tribes of Ndongo against the invadin...

  • The Soterion Mission

    In a post-apocalyptic world where no-one lives beyond their teenage years, the mysterious Roxanne arrives in Cyrus's village, fleeing the barbaric Zeds. She claims to be on a mission that can save them all, but can she be trusted? Cyrus joins her in ...

  • Revenge of the Zeds

    The Soterion has been opened, but does it mean salvation or devastation? A horrific mutation in human DNA has resulted in a world where no one lives beyond nineteen. Cyrus and the noble Constants have opened the Soterion vault containing the Long Dea...

  • Pirates Secret

    One windswept winter's evening, Arden Tregorey listens, enthralled, as his father tells him of his "golden secret" and of how he once outwitted the notorious one-eared pirate Lambert "Luggole" Spain. The next day his father is kidnapped and disappear...

  • African Slavery

    It is the 18th century and 12-year-old Obah already has a big future ahead of him. He is destined to be a high chief in his village in Benin. In just one day, Obah's life changes forever when he and his beloved young sister, Banita, are wrenched away...



  • WWI: A Young Boy's Story

    It's 1914 and France is at war. Fourteen-year-old Pierre Clouet is desperate to help defeat the Germans, but he's too young to fight. The only way he could sign up is if he has false identity papers. So when the opportunity arises, Pierre seizes it w...

  • Dear Mum, I Miss You!

    In each book in this series, the author tells the tale of a big event in history, capturing the excitement and action in a narrative account based on the facts as we know them today. The text is broken up by line illustrations....

  • Down with the Romans!

  • Find King Alfred!


    This tale begins with the Viking’s winter invasion of Wessex. The Saxon kingdom crumbles before them, until Alfred, one of England’s true hero-kings, raises his standard amid the marshy wastes of Somerset.
    ...

  • The Story of Ireland

  • A Young Boy's Story

    Bandi Guttmann is a 14-year-old Hungarian Jew, living in Budapest in 1944. German forces have occupied the city and life for Bandi and his family is about to become unbearable. Set apart from the rest of the Hungarian community, and denied basic huma...

  • The Mystery of the Stones

    When bandits destroy Pettra’s village, she steals the mysterious Token and escapes into the forest with her little brother. But with Judoc, a sinister druid, on their trail, their only hope is to reach the legendary Great Stones....

  • The Romans are Coming!

    When Morcant and his father see a strange ship into the English Channel, they fear the worst. A few days later, Julius Caesar’s army fights its way onto the beach nearby -- and Morcant’s life is soon in dreadful danger....

  • Viking Conquest!

    King Ethelred is hardly the man to lead England against Canute's Viking invaders. But his warrior son, Edmund Ironside, is made of much tougher stuff, and he soon has the enemy on the run. But is he wise to put his trust in the shifty-eyed Lord Streo...

  • What If the Bomb Goes Off?

    A unique combination of fiction and information, each exciting volume in this series brings the past alive by linking key events to a fast moving narrative. The series is characterised by short chapters, wonderful illustrations and a glossary of unfa...



  • Long Live Mary, Queen of Scots!

    Long Live Mary, Queen of Scots! tells how the queen is stripped of her crown, separated from her baby, and imprisoned in a black island castle. There, aided only by her legendary charm, she plans her dramatic escape....

  • The Pirate's Revenge

    Young Arden Tregorey's arch enemy, the dastardly Luggole Spain, has escaped from prison. The pirate is determined to recover stolen treasure from the seabed off the island of Hispaniola, and only Arden can stop him. Leaving his father to manage their...

  • Please Help Miss Nightingale!


    Please Help, Miss Nightingale! tells the story of Florence Nightingale, who in 1854 set sail for Scutari with a band of nurses, determined to help the British soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. When she first arrived, she was not welcomed. By ...

  • The Lady of the Mercians

    Now that Alfred the Great is dead, who will lead the Anglo-Saxons in their struggle against the Danes? The obvious choice is Edward, the new King of Wessex. But Edward’s sister, the Lady of the Mercians, is just as powerful, just as wise. Now she m...

  • Sink the Armada!

    Sink the Armada! begins in Spain with the Duke of Medina-Sidonia receiving a most unwelcome letter. Meanwhile, in distant England, young Tom Barnecut dreams of sailing into battle with his hero, Sir Francis Drake....

  • We Are the First Emperor!

    The mighty Qin Shi Huang calls himself China’s First Emperor. Even when he orders books to be burned, no one dares resist him. No one?  Wei, a young girl at the Emperor’s court, is not so sure. Why does her father want his servants to be muscle-...

  • William - The Conqueror!

    Walter Giffard of Normandy is a proud and ambitious knight. He longs to get his hands on the rich green fields of Buckinghamshire. So when William Duke of Normandy asks for help to conquer England, Walter hurries to his lord’s side. But if William...

  • Son of Sparta

    At the age of seven, Leon left home to begin military training. His mother is heartbroken by how this has changed him. He is now a Son of Sparta, caring only for honor and glory in the war with Persia . . . and the highest honor is to die in battle....

  • At the Edge of the World

    Eric the Red, a boastful and murderous Viking, has discovered Greenland. He mocks his son Leif, telling him he’ll never be as famous as his father. But Leif has other ideas. Risking his life, he sets off across the stormy Atlantic for the mysteriou...

  • Justice, My Lord

    Baron William de Mowbray and his wife Alice have had enough of King John. They rebel against him, risking everything -- even their lives. Somehow the cruel King has to be brought to justice. He must be forced to sign a charter, a Great Charter, Magna...



  • Guy Fawkes

  • Swim for Your Life!

    Set in Mesopotamia over 4,000 years ago where the Sumerians developed one of the earliest civilisations. Melim and his sister Lagasha disobey their parents and go for a swim in the dangerous river Euphrates. The siblings get into difficulties but whe...

  • Solve it Like Sherlock

    This intriguing book presents 25 new Sherlock Holmes cases and challenges you to pit your powers of deduction against those of the Great Detective. Full of the atmosphere and ambience of 221b Baker Street, you’ll feel like you’ve stepped back int...

  • The Mystery of the Mask

    The Mystery of the Masks takes place in Athens, the most important city in ancient Greece, around 350 BCE. On the eve of the Great Dionysia festival, Timon and Philaron learn that their father, the poet Agersocies, has received a grim warning. What f...

  • The Ninjabread Man

    Long ago, in ancient Japan, two ninja warriors had everything they wanted in life, except for a child. So they decided to bake one! Out of the oven leaped a speedy, sneaky, and brave Ninjabread Man... who went on to cause absolute chaos! This hilario...

  • Snow White and the Seven Robots

    When the wicked Star Queen shipwrecks her daughter, Snow White, on a remote forest planet, the plucky princess uses her engineering know-how to rebuild her ruined spacecraft into robot helpers! Can she and her mechanical friends find a way to defeat ...

  • The Three Little Narwhals

    In this whale of a tale, the Big Bad Shark is looking for a tasty snack... when he comes across three delicious-looking narwhals! The loveable, pointy-horned creatures-show-off Spike, arty Spiral, and shy Stubby-discover a sunken pirate ship, and are...

  • The Science of Sherlock Holmes

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Stewart Ross has published 57 books.

Stewart Ross does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Science of Sherlock Holmes, was published in May 2020.

The first book by Stewart Ross, One Crowded Hour, was published in January 1994.

No. Stewart Ross does not write books in series.
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