A cruel bird came to the nest and looked in
By: Magnus Mills
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781408821206
Description: Far away, in the ancient empire of Greater Fallowfields, things are falling apart. The imperial orchestra is presided over by a conductor who has never played a note, the clocks are changed constantly to ensure that the sun always sets at five o' clock, and the Astronomer Royal is only able to use the observatory telescope when he can find a sixpence to put in its slot. But while the kingdom drifts, awaiting the return of the young emperor, who has gone abroad and communicates only by penny post, a sinister and unfamiliar enemy is getting closer and closer...