Black Hearts in Battersea
by:
Edward Gorey (author)
Joan Aiken (author)
Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the...
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Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship. This is a cleverly contrived tale of intrigue and misadventure.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780395971284 (0395971284)
ASIN: 395971284
Publish date: October 25th 1999
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Alternate History,
Gothic
Series: The Wolves Chronicles (#2)
bookshelves: play-dramatisation, london, britain-england, historical-fiction, kiddlewinks, published-1964, politics, art-forms, stuarts, autumn-2014, adventure, seven-seas, dirigibles Read from September 06 to 12, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pcl7nBook description: Simon, the foundling...
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