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The Clockwork Queen

Peter Bunzl Lia Visirin

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English
Barrington Stoke Ltd
16 August 2022
Sophie must play the role of the Clockwork Queen in order to free her father in this page-turning historical adventure from Cogheart author Peter Bunzl.

Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape.

Part of Sophie’s plan involves an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen, but will the Queen be able to outwit the Empress in a game where the stakes are a matter of life and death?

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Illustrated by:   Lia Visirin
Imprint:   Barrington Stoke Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   220g
ISBN:   9781800900806
ISBN 10:   1800900805
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product

Peter grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one sister, an antique-dealer dad and an artist mum. He is a BAFTA-winning animator, as well as a writer and film-maker. Like Lily and Robert, he loves adventures and reading penny dreadfuls, but wishes dearly that he had a mechanical fox called Malkin. Shadowsea is his fourth novel. 

Reviews for The Clockwork Queen

"""This rollercoaster adventure is a thrill ride not to be missed ... Full of all the visual drama and rich imagination that have brought [Peter Bunzl] such success"" -- Lancashire Evening Post “Imaginative, captivating and heart-warming ... Sophie is a character that readers will take into their hearts” - Books for Topics “An absolute cracker ... Intrigue and mystery hang firmly in the air and exciting story-telling ensure a genuine page-turner ... A superb piece of historical fiction” -- A Word About Books ""Exciting and moves with pace. The language used by Peter Bunzl is accessible but challenging ... When the action moves to St. Petersburg there is a brooding atmosphere of wealth and danger"" -- Just Imagine “Eighteenth century Russia, Catherine the Great, high-stakes chess and Trojan horse style intrigue combine to create a gripping story you won’t be able to put down” -- Scope for the Imagination"


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