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The Beast of Buckingham Palace

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The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David Walliams and Tony Ross

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By David Walliams and Tony Ross

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1250 reviews

Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who must save the world…

Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross! It is 2120 and London is in ruins. The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. And when his mother, the Queen, is dragged away to the Tower of London, Alfred must screw up his courage and battle to save her, himself… and the entire city. In a future of myths and legends, join the bestselling David Walliams and venture forth into his most enthralling tale yet!

Reviews

09 Oct 2025

I like it how they lredicted the future

14 Sep 2025

Thought I won't like it but now do

05 Sep 2025

I really like the different mythical creatures and the fact it was in london because we went on holiday there this year and it mentioned the places we visited

31 Aug 2025

It was a very exciting book really adventurous and cool

30 Aug 2025

I loved this book,it was funny and i liked the ojo lady characters

26 Aug 2025

This is the first David Walliams book that I have read and it was really good. I will definitely read some of his other books now!

19 Aug 2025

I like it how the farther protects his wife and son by sending them to the Tower of London

06 Aug 2025

Another incredible book of David Walliams. I've read a lot of his books, and it's amazing!

05 Aug 2025

I thought it was ok.

01 Aug 2025

This book is really good and has a marvellous theme!

I really like this book!

I would recommend this book to people who like adventure books!

28 Jul 2025

It was in the future where a kid named jack fouth with the griffin

27 Jul 2025

I liked mite the best because she always comes up with clever things. I would recommend it to my friend as she loves adventure books.

24 Jul 2025

My favourite character as the young boy Alfred and the Queen. The book made me laugh but was sad in places. I would recommend it to people who like adventure stories and David Walliams books.

24 Jul 2025

Cool

22 Jul 2025

An adventure about courage, with some funny snippets! Great imaginative storyline.

18 Jul 2025

Great book

17 Jul 2025

It was a good book, I really liked it. It was not as funny as David Walliams usually is.

09 Dec 2024

I hated the king at the start of the book as he put his son in jail and his wife the Queen.

01 Nov 2024

Not bad.

14 Sep 2024

Good

10 Sep 2024

This book is about history and it presents us with the 10 statues of United Kingdom and it shows us that evil never wins.

06 Sep 2024

Funny and amusing story with lots of twists!

04 Sep 2024

Love it. Recommended to children aged 9-12 who like reading.

03 Sep 2024

I liked how Alfred tried to save his family.

02 Sep 2024

Good

30 Aug 2024

I liked the story ,prince Alfred was my favourite ,he le Buckingham Palace for the first time from isolation

27 Aug 2024

It is scary

26 Aug 2024

Like that the hero is a child, a good story and made me smile

25 Aug 2024

I love this book because it's filled with thrills and it's adventurous.

19 Aug 2024

I found this book quite hard to read but im not going to give up!

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