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The Cuckoo Tree

Joan Aiken author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:4th Mar '04

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The Cuckoo Tree cover

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.

While her friend Capt Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido is marooned with the odd inhabitants of the Tegleaze estate. 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.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?

Joan Aiken is a marvel -- Philip Pullman * Guardian *
Immensely exciting, weird and funny, Aiken at her best * Evening Standard *
What a marvellous writer Joan Aiken is! * Guardian *

ISBN: 9780099456650

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: 213g

304 pages