When Edred learns he is the new Lord Arden, he and his sister Elfrida go to live in their ruined castle by the sea. There they wake the Mouldiwarp, a magical white mole who can send them back in time, and visits to Napoleonic invasion scares, highwaymen and the age of the Stuarts become a hunt for the family’s lost fortune.
Nesbit’s time-travel adventure, funny and wise about quarrelling siblings. Download the free EPUB.