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Black Hearts in Battersea
Black Hearts in Battersea | Joan Aiken
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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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Chittavrtti
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Continuing with the Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. Simon moves to London to study art but his sponsor has mysteriously disappeared.

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lauracorum
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The Duke, not very well-informed about trains, was indignant to discover that even when he chartered a special one, it would not come to his door, but had to be boarded at the station.

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lauracorum

More absorbing than a slew of books that I have tried lately.

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AlexEnglish
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She had a trick of rattling out her words very fast and clearly, like a handful of beads dropped on a plate.