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When their father mysteriously imprisoned, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis & their mother have to leave their happy life in London to live in a small cottage in the country.

There they take comfort in the nearby railway station, & discover that the gentlemen who takes the same train every day might be the key to proving their fathers innocence.

The Railway Children has remained an enormously popular story about the joy & excitement of being young.

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• ISBN: 9781788282574
• Author: Edith Nesbit
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 222
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.5cm











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The Railway Detective

London 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at hand, interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating…

In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed

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London 1851. With the opening of the Great Exhibition at h&, interest is mounting in the engineering triumphs of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating…

In an audacious attack, the London to Birmingham mail train is robbed & derailed, causing many casualties. Planned with military precision, this crime proves a challenge to Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck who fights to untangle a web of murder, blackmail & destruction.

As Colbeck closes in on the criminal masterminds events take an unexpected turn when the beautiful Madeleine, daughter of the injured train driver, becomes a pawn in the criminals’’ game. With time running out, good & evil, new & old, battle against each other. But will the long arm of the law have speed on its side?

Full of historical detail, The Railway detective is an action-packed dip into murky 1850s London.

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Hand - A part of the body at the end of the arm
Hand - A pointer which indicates time on a clock face
Mail - Or post is a service for transmitting physical objects or letters between locations
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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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