The Rescuers, The Turret, Miss Bianca

by Margery Sharp

Contains 'The Rescuers', 'Miss Bianca' & 'The Turret'. Miss Bianca devises a plan to rescue a poor, languishing poet from the dark walls of the Black Castle. A little girl of eight is kidnapped by the wicked Grand Duchess. Can the Rescuers save her? Though the rest of the Prisoners' Aid Society vote against her, Miss Bianca is still determined to rescue the notorious tyrant, Mandrake. But does he repent his evil deeds?

Genres: Fiction

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Margery Sharp was born Clara Margery Melita Sharp in Salisbury. She spent part of her childhood in Malta.

Sharp wrote 26 novels, 14 children's stories, 4 plays, 2 mysteries and many short stories. She is best known for her series of children's books about a little white mouse named Miss Bianca and her companion, Bernard. Two Disney films have been made based on them, called The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.

In 1938, she married Major Geoffrey Castle, an aeronautical engineer.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

What a delightful trilogy - I'm not sure why the Miss Bianca books appear to be out-of-print, but I do hope someone corrects this soon! This series is very British, with talking, heroic mice rescuing prisoners of all stripes. The Prisoner's Aid Society will be familiar to anyone reading "those sorts" of British books, as will the characters (I loved Miss Bianca's attitude of noblesse oblige at all times).

[Ria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant stories, well worth reading and exciting storylines.