Tattercoats lives with her cold grandfather and has just two friends: a servant Malkin and a gooseherd Pug. When an invitation arrives to a ball at the queen's court Tattercoats is desperate to go-how can Malkin and Pug help her get there?

First published in 1998 Cold Iron is an enticing novel of fantasy and magic inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Cinderella-like fairytale 'Tattercoats' set in Elizabethan England.