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The fifth book in the classic `Wolves of Willoughby Chase' series in which Dido Twite is back home in England - and as soon as she sets foot on English soil mischief awaits! Published originally in 1971, now re-issued with a stunning new cover.
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While her friend Capt Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido is marooned with the odd inhabitants of the Tegleaze estate. Soon suspicious things happen; a priceless possession is stolen, a boy kidnapped, a twin sister found and when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure she is in the midst of another wicked Hanoverian plot. Can she combat mass hypnotism, smugglers, and a gang of murderers to prevent the plot to put St Paul`s Cathedral in the River Thames?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A strange tale of Dido Twite, an aristocratic family in decay, a spoilt young lord and a Hanoverian mastermind, not to mention a loyal smuggling gang and some wicked old women. This adventure is set mostly in the countryside, unfamiliar settings for Dido Twite. But it can be just as exciting as the town, as she finds out, when her friend Tobit is hauled into jail, threatened with losing his inheritance, and the evil Mrs Lubbage and the spider-like Tante Sannie along with some other Hanoverians including her own Pa, plan to slide St Paul cathedral into the Thames on giant rollers, just at the time of King Richard's coronation! The only downside is the magic which seems to me out of place in the series. Packed with adventure and suspense (perhaps too much suspense), this is an interesting, if not too serious read.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Dido's finally back in England with an injured Captain Hughs, who carries vital information about yet another plot to dethrone the current monarch- King James.
After Captain Hughs is further incapacitated, Dido seeks help at a nearby manor house, inhabited by a bored boy, a mad witch and a gambling adict. As you might expect from this setup, little help is forthcoming, and Dido is forced to depend on nursing from an alleged nurse, Mrs Lubbage with a dubious hygiene record who lives in a row of dillapidated cottages.
As usual Dido's good nature and cheerfulnes means that she is helped by as many people as try to obstruct her, including a band of smugglers a blind wise old man, (aren't they all?), and a Lord and his pet elephant.
In all probablity, I don't need to tell you that she foils the incredibily bizaare plot to undermine St Paul's Cathedral, (suspend all disbelief there), and at the end of the book, she receives a pleasant, (for once), suprise.
The usual mix of magic, mayhem and an endearingly bemused Dido combine to yet again provide an immensly readable and fun book.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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For plot details please see the review by Claire Moss. I just want to add that it's loads of fun, with a sinister atmosphere reminiscent of "The Whispering Mountain" (Q.V.!), and in my opinion the characters are much more memorable than the slightly wishy-washy ones in "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase", the one that started it all off.
It's difficult not to wonder, in these days when the great and good are suggesting that health warnings should be shown before people see films in which some characters smoke cigarettes, whether there is still a place for a novel about heroic patriotic smugglers. But let's hope so! And readers will learn to count to ten in a language other than English. Yan, tan...
It's difficult not to wonder, in these days when the great and good are suggesting that health warnings should be shown before people see films in which some characters smoke cigarettes, whether there is still a place for a novel about heroic patriotic smugglers. But let's hope so! And readers will learn to count to ten in a language other than English. Yan, tan...
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