Renée Holler History Mysteries » Danger on Board of the Santa Maria « 10+, June 2006 128 pages, 13.0 x 20.0 cm ISBN 978-3-7855-5726-6 hardcover 7,90 € (D) Rights sold: Polish

It is the year 1492, and while Christopher Columbus is preparing for his adventurous voyage to the west, there are mysterious things happening in the harbour of Palos. Elena, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is abducted by escaped prisoners. A race against time begins for her brother Juan and his friend Pedro...
Against a backdrop of historic events, children from various epochs solve mysteries. Whether it is a theft in a monastery, a gang of confidence tricksters in Barbarossa's time, or a plot centered on the payment of Varus' legionaries - our "History Mysteries" bring the Middle Ages, ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire to life. The detailed appendix provides information about the epoch in question. "History Mysteries" make history fun!

Renée Holler was born in Würzburg in 1956. She studied ethnology, then worked in a publishing house ...