17%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Witch of Clatteringshaws
Joan Aiken
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Witch of Clatteringshaws
Paperback. 'It's a rotten old job being King!' says Dido Twite. Her friend King Simon agrees - his scheming courtiers want to marry him off to a pushy princess, and he has to lead his army against a tribe of invading Wends. Series: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Sequence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: YFC; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 120.
‘It’s a rotten old job being King!’ says Dido Twite. Her friend King Simon agrees – his scheming courtiers want to marry him off to a pushy princess, and he has to lead his army against a tribe of invading Wends.
Their only hope is to find a long-lost heir to take Simon’s place on the throne of England, with the help of failed witch Malise and her prophesying parrot.
The last book in the series that first introduced Simon as the hero of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a helter-skelter of battles, vicious villains and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Sequence
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782954392
SKU
V9781782954392
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her ... Read more
Reviews for The Witch of Clatteringshaws
Dido, a child Odysseus, is one of the great fictional heroines
The Times
What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be imporvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story "Quirky" is a word which could have been invented to describe ... Read more
The Times
What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be imporvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story "Quirky" is a word which could have been invented to describe ... Read more