Julia Goldings award-winning adventure series is perfect for fans of Katherine Woodfine, Robin Stevens and J.T. Williams. This HarperCollins Children Classics edition features special bonus material.Winner of theWaterstones Children’s Book Prizeand shortlisted for theCosta Children’s Book Award.’I am Cat Royal Orphan, Adventurer, Actress ‘Reader, you are set to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters. I was brought up in Drury Lane, so I have become accustomed to a life less than ordinary. But this turn of events, I have to say, surprised even me. Follow me, and I will show you inThe Diamond of Drury Lane.’Exciting, funny and packed with adventure Cat Royal never fails to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Julia Goldings award-winning adventure series has all the ingredients of a Philippa Gregory book for children aged 9 years and up.ThisClassicedition features cover artwork by Chloe Bonfield and special bonus material:Q&A with Julia GoldingJourney with Cat through 1790s LondonCat’s Slang: the origins of some of the unusual language found in the bookFascinating facts about the use of special effects in the 18th-century theatre