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Book SynopsisDido Twite, heroine of Black Hearts in Battersea and Nightbirds on Nantucket, is on her wildest adventure yet. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human flesh. The queen is greatly distressed because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in order to get the lake back. Is she equal to the challenge?
A rich mixture of legend, fantasy, humour and pure snowballing adventure.
Trade ReviewThe Stolen Lake is zanier and more devilishly fiendish than ever * The New York Times *
A natural storyteller with the gift of endless and usually comic invention * Guardian *
Joan Aiken's imagination is inexhaustible * Daily Telegraph *
Joan Aiken is the best contemporary writer of historical fantasy we have -- Susan Hill
