No Escape from the Alhambra - Hardcover

by Kirsten Boie (Author), David Henry Wilson (Translator)

After accidentally coming across a gate in time, a teenage boy is on the run in 1492 during the height of the Spanish Inquisition. He has to figure out how to get back to the present time without changing the course of history.

While on a school trip to Spain, Boston and his classmates visit an outdoor market. Boston reaches for an item that catches his eye when suddenly, everything is different. Through a door in time, he lands in 1492, in the shadow of the Spanish Inquisition. There, danger is around every corner. He arouses the suspicions of the Spanish royal court and at the palace of Alhambra, where he falls into the cruel clutches of the Inquisition. But two new friends, Tariq and Salomon, threatened as a Muslim and a Jew, support him in this desperate situation. Boston must find a way back to the present time while making sure the course of history stays intact.

Author Biography

Kirsten Boie is a German children's author and activist. Having worked as a teacher, she began publishing in 1985 and is the author of more than 100 books.

David Henry Wilson is a playwright, novelist, and children's author, whose work has been performed and published in many different countries. He was born in London, studied French and German at Cambridge University, and for many years lectured in English Language and Literature at the universities of Bristol, England, and Constance, Germany, where he founded the university theatre. His translations range from children's picture books and novels to art history and literary theory.