Limbo Lodge
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Published:4th Mar '04
£7.99
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A title in the epic 'Willoughby Chase' series. Originally published in 1999, it is now being re-issued with a stunning new cover
Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, said to be on Aratu, the Pacific 'Island of the Pearl Snakes'. On Aratu she is helped by spirit magic but also meets settlers who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends.Dido Twite is aboard the Thrush, trying to return to England after her adventures in America. But orders have been sent to find Lord Herodsfoot, said to be on Aratu, the Pacific 'Island of the Pearl Snakes'. Snakes are the least of Dido's worries as she and her companions struggle through the jungle. On Aratu she is helped by spirit magic but also meets settlers who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. And what is this strange royal residence called Limbo Lodge?
What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be improvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story -- Philip Pullman * Guardian *
A writer of wild humour and unrestrained imagination * Oxford Companion to Children's Literature *
A consummate story teller * The Times *
This is a racy tale with plenty of disgusting details -- Orna Mulcahy * The Irish Times *
ISBN: 9780099456674
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Weight: 159g
224 pages