This book is part of a book series called Find Out About .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by B. E. S. Publishing .

Gavin Mortimer was born in London 35 years ago. As a freelance journalist he has contributed articles to a diverse range of magazines and newspapers, including the Observer, the Guardian, History Monthly and Esquire. He has written many adult books on a variety of themes, and writes monthly for Rugby World and Observer Sports Magazine. He is a member of the MCC and has played cricket since he was a small boy and comes from a family of cricket fanatics. This is his first book for Puffin.