THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce
Published by Collins
in 1944
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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2129469
3rd.
1947.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Wrapper is price-cut with a few nicks to corners; foxing to rear panel.
THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1316588
3rd.
1947.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped.
Front cover
Contents
- A tale of the past with knights, monks. bandits and warriors. Windri Abbey and Windri Castle contend for possession of the person of the boy Theodore Felix Amadeus. The boy plays a major part in unmasking a plot to murder the Count of Monte Lucio, who is wooing Phillippa of Windri and in thwarting the designs of the criminals. He is helped in his strange adventures by a hermit and the the Lord of Windri's little daughter, Magdalen, sister to Philippa.