''The Loyal Traitor'' is a children's book written in 1965 by Sylvia Haymon and illustrated by Derek Collard. The story is set during the reign of King

Edward VI Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first E ...

and centered on the adventures of fictional character Tom Redman. This poor country boy from

Wymondham Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, south-west of Norwich off the A11 road to London. The River Tiffey runs through. The parish, one of Norfolk's largest, includes rural areas to ...

, bears witnesses to the anti-enclosure uprisings and subsequent public execution of Robert Kett.BBC Legacies
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1965 British novels British children's novels British historical novels Children's historical novels Chatto & Windus books Novels set in Norfolk 1965 children's books {{1960s-child-hist-novel-stub