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Joan Aiken, MBE
Joan Aiken, classic author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, wrote the Armitage family stories all throughout her life - from when she was a teenager onwards. This is the…
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Joan Aiken
In this novel Simon arrives in London and has his first introduction to the indomitable Dido Twite who is to play such a significant part in his life- and in…
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Can Bonnie and Sylvia outwit the wicked Miss Slighcarp and her network of criminals, forgers and snitches? BACKSTORY: Find out a few things you didn’t know about wolves and learn…
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Shipwrecked Dido Twite is picked up by a whaling ship - and then finds herself sinking deeper and deeper into trouble.
There is eerie trouble once again in the Cornish village of St Boan, often known as Thunder’s Pocket. Some hundred-year-old water pipes are being replaced and the digging has disturbed…
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‘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…
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…
When Ned is sent to stay with his aunt and uncle in Thunder’s Pocket, he’s not very pleased. But from the moment a bird flies into the train carriage on…
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Arun returns to his mother’s house on Cold Shoulder Road, only to find it deserted and flood-ravaged. With the help of his indomitable cousin, Is Twite, Arun sets off in…
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…
The Girl From Paris is an enchanting regency romance from critically acclaimed author Joan Aiken, whose novels have been compared to Georgette Heyer and are perfect for fans of Bridgerton…
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Bound to keep a promise to her dead uncle, Is travels to the mysterious north country to find two missing boys, one of them a prince, and to discover why…
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The first complete collection of the Armitage stories–including four published here for the first time.
As they search for Arun’s mother, Is Twite and her cousin Arun are grateful for their ability to communicate telepathically when they find themselves in a series of dangerous predicaments…
Dido Twite, with the help of some sacred shaman healers, must foil a sinister plot to overthrow the king of a remote South Sea island healers Sailing the high seas…
Dido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in…
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…
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978.
Revised and updated, this essential and practical guide by an award-winning children’s author explains how to write books for children, from where to look to inspiration to practical advice on…
Two orphaned children struggle to survive on their own in 19th century England. By the author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
The Five-Minute Marriage is an enchanting regency romance from critically acclaimed author Joan Aiken, whose novels have been compared to Georgette Heyer
Clytie Churchill’s life has been guided by love and death, but there’s a mystery from her past that she is forced to revisit before she can move on in this…
The Paget family is irrevocably changed in this Regency period romance reissue from legendary author Joan Aiken
New bride Fanny Paget experiences shame and torment in her loveless arranged marriage…
A brilliant collection of spine-chilling tales by Joan Aiken, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
From a mysterious traveller who leaves an injured horse with a stranger, to a…
The Weeping Ash is the second action-packed regency adventure in Joan Aiken’s Paget Family saga.
Joan Aiken’s romantic Regency Adventure The Smile of The Stranger is part of her Paget Family Saga series and perfect for fans of Bridgerton
The second book in an adventure trilogy set in the early nineteenth century
An inheritance comes with its own sinister dangers… ‘Joan Aiken’s triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others’ New York Times Book Review
Trapped with family can be murder … ‘Joan Aiken’s triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others’ New York Times Book Review
A sentence of death…and a journey into the unknown ‘Joan Aiken’s triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others’ New York Times Book Review
Dark family secrets can be murder … ‘Joan Aiken’s triumph with this genre is that she does it so much better than others’ New York Times Book Review
A child in danger, an isolated house in the depths of winter - and a killer on the loose… ‘Don’t miss … guaranteed unputdownable’ Observer
A beautiful Cornish coastal village is the setting for a highly sinister conspiracy involving a kidnapped baby, mysterious monks and an almost irresistible new perfume… ‘Joan Aiken’s triumph with this…
The Youngest Miss Ward by Joan Aiken, is an innovative sequel to Jane Austen’s most controversial novel, Mansfield Park
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Anything is magically possible in these twelve short stories by Joan Aiken.
Despised by his Spanish relatives and ignored by his distant grandfather, twelve-year-old orphan Felix Brooke is lonely and unhappy. Felix packs his bag, jumps on his trusty mule and heads…
Aboard the man o'war, the Thrush, on the way back to London from Nantucket , Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical Queen of New Cumbria…
When orphans Bonnie and Sylvia fall into the hands of evil Miss Slighcarp, they need all their wits - and the help of Simon the goose-boy - to escape unscathed…
Timed to coincide with the video release of Emma , starring Gwyneth Paltrow, this faithful and imaginative companion book by the author of Mansfield Revisited presents the story of Jane…
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
Dido Twite having foiled a Hanoverian attempt to slide St Paul’s Cathedral into the Thames has assisted at the coronation of King Richard IV and returened to Sussex. Now she…
Packed-off to boarding school and bullied by his peers, Felix feels sad and trapped. Despite being shipwrecked and then held prisoner in a remote monastery, Felix’s spirit is far from…
We must leave tomorrow at dawn . Dashing and loyal, he speeds towards Villaverde - and a rescue mission. Donna Conchita’s children are kidnapped and Felix may be reunited with…
Deception is a Regency Romance from critically acclaimed author Joan Aiken who has been compared to Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen
