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published
September 25th 2000
by Houghton Mifflin
binding
Paperback, 297 pages
isbn
0618070230
(isbn13: 9780618070237)
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When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at th...more
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Read in October, 2003
recommends it for:
Fans of Victorian Melodrama, Joan Aiken fans, Lemony Snicket Readers...
Dido Twite returns to England in this fifth entry in Joan Aiken's Wolves Chronicles, a series of wonderful alternative-timeline fantasies. Determined to get to London to deliver some dispatches vital to the Admiralty, Dido instead finds herself stranded on the London Road north of Chichester with an injured companion. Here she must confront a variety of local mysteries and plots which, not surprisingly, are all part of a larger Hanoverian scheme.
With a sinister and racing-obsessed lad...more
With a sinister and racing-obsessed lad...more
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Read in January, 2000
recommends it for:
if you liked Lemony Snicket
Dido Twite is traveling with Captain Hughes with information about a plot against the King. Their carriage overturns, injuring Captain Hughes and stranding them at the Dogkennel Cottages. Dido tries to find a trustworthy messenger to take the message on to London, but instead she meets witches and shady dealers, a plot to disinherit Tobit, the nephew of Lady Tegleaze, and even her own rascally father, but little help for her plight.
She must resort to the Wineberry boys, honorable local smuggl...more
She must resort to the Wineberry boys, honorable local smuggl...more
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Read in October, 2004
The adventures of Dido Twite continue in this installment of the Wolves of Willhoughby Chase series. Dido is back on British soil, but a carriage accident strands her in the middle of nowhere. Now she must evade the clutches of two sinister witches and the evil Miles Mystery, while she attempts to deliver a message to the King and foil a heinous assassination attempt. Fortunately, she has assistance in the form of goodhearted smugglers, who are willing to leave off their business of smuggling pe...more
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Read in September, 2008
I loved Dido and I laughed a lot at the dialogue, but for the most part I felt sorta "wha? what's happening?" throughout most of this, and then, by the time I knew what was what, I wasn't feeling overly engaged. Basically a letter needed to be delivered. And that was it.
Good, but the weakest link thus far.
Good, but the weakest link thus far.
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kids and wannabe kids
My favorite of the Wolves Chronicles. It contains the Hanoverians' best plot yet to overthrow the king and some of the most memorable characters of the series. Plus, it made me want to be a smuggler and ride an elephant.
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Dido Twite is always a delight, but the plot of this book was somewhat undercooked.
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after 4 books, I've grown quite fond of the scrappy heroine Dido Twite
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