Tennyson was nearly fifty when he began to write his major Arthurian poem, the Idylls of the King. From his earliest years the legends of King Arthur, "the greatest of all poetical subjects" as he called them, had fascinated and haunted him. As a child he had been familiar with Malory; throughout his life he read all available medieval writing related to thestory of Camelot.
In Blyton's final book about the girls at Malory Towers, Darrell becomes head girl. Unfortunately not all the girls are as responsible as she is and in her last term Darrell sees many changes in her old school friends.
Upper fourth at Malory towers is the fourth book in the Malory towers series. Enid Blyton has managed to write another book that keeps all it's readers hooked. In upper fourth at Malory Towers, Darelle has been made head of the upper fourth and she finds that being head girl isn't as easy as she thought. Gwendoline has become friends with a new girl,the honorable Clarissa Carter. But will this friendship last? On top of all this there is the tension of exams and all the girls are stressed. It's also summer term so there's time for swimming,tennis and forbidden midnight feasts!
This is another hair raising term for Darell and her friends. When they go back to Malory Towers (thats their boarding school) they find they have three new girls though their personalities couldn't be any more different. Bill, short for Wilhelmina, is totally into horses and she has got seven brothers; imagine that. Mavis with her "wunneful" voice, well that's what Zerelda the other new girl would say, something happens this term what makes Mavis think a bit harder. Zerelda an American girl with her own ways but soon she settles down like a normal schoolgirl.
The second book in Enid Blyton's wonderful Malory Towers series, about life at a girls' boarding school in Cornwall. Darrell and her friends are now settled at Malory Towers, and looking forward to their second year.