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Index
Cover
Description
Praise
Author Bio
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
To the Reader
Chapter One: The Birthday Treat
In Which Peter Looks Forward to his Birthday Treat and Subsequently Argues with his Father
Chapter Two: Peter Misses an Important Telephone Call
In Which Peter Makes the Acquaintance of the Dyer Family and a Hair-Raising Encounter With a Van de Graaff Generator Triggers an Extraordinary Chain of Events
Chapter Three: The Three–Cornered Hat
In Which Peter Finds Himself in a Puzzling and Precarious Predicament
Chapter Four: The Howl of a Wolf
In Which the Police and Kate Come to Some Conclusions about their Predicament and the Children Spend the night in a Birch Wood
Chapter Five: A Breakfast of Grilled Trout
In Which Peter Goes Fishing and Kate Gives her Companion a Fright
Chapter Six: Lost in Time
In Which Peter and Kate Discover that their Troubles have only Just Begun
Chapter Seven: The Hospitality of the Honorable Mrs. Byng
In Which Peter and Kate Make the Acquaintance of the Byng Family and Peter Demonstrates his Soccer Skills
Chapter Eight: The Tar Man’s Tale
In Which Peter and Kate Plant a Cedar of Lebanon and Gideon Tells the Story of the Tar Man
Chapter Nine: The Journey Begins
In Which the Redoubtable Parson Ledbury Insults Gideon and the Company Sets off for London
Chapter Ten: Attack!
In Which Dr. Dyer Meets the Nasa Scientists and the Travelers Make an Unwelcome Acquaintance
Chapter Eleven: Lord Luxon’s Tragedy
In Which Detective Inspector Wheeler’s Suspicions are Aroused and Gideon Recounts how he Met Lord Luxon
Chapter Twelve: A Parliament of Rooks
In Which Detective Inspector Wheeler is Perturbed by a Photograph, Kate talks to a Famous Scientist, and Peter Sees Something Very Shocking
Chapter Thirteen: Pandora’s Box
In Which Dr. Pirretti Shows her True Colors and Gideon Tells the Story of his Namesake
Chapter Fourteen: Gideon’s Strategem
In Which the Parson Preaches a Curious Sermon and the Party Shows their Bottom
Chapter Fifteen: A Pact Made in Blood
In Which Inspector Wheeler Goes on the Warpath, Peter and Kate Make a Solemn Promise, and London Exposes Some of its Attractions and its Dangers
Chapter Sixteen: Two Covent Gardens
In Which the Children Finally Make the Acquaintance of the Tar Man at the Black Lion Tavern and then Disrupt a Juggler’s Street Show
Chapter Seventeen: Queen Charlotte’s Promise
In Which Inspector Wheeler’s Exchange With Dr. Pirretti Takes an Unexpected Turn, George III Lays his Hands on Jack, and Kate Resorts to Desperate Measures
Chapter Eighteen: Into the Net
In Which the Children answer Some Difficult Questions and Gideon Walks into Lord Luxon’s Net
Chapter Nineteen: A Race Against Time
In Which the Parson Insults Some Macaronies and Displays his Knowledge of Horseflesh, and Gideon Rides Against the Tar Man
Chapter Twenty: Newgate
In Which Gideon Languishes in Newgate Prison, the Children Meet a famous author, and a Chance Meeting Leaves Kate Overjoyed
Chapter Twenty-One: The Straw Men
In Which Dr. Dyer Explains the Disappearance of the Antigravity Machine, and Gideon’s Situation Goes From Bad To Worse
Chapter Twenty-Two: Tyburn
In Which the Party Gathers at Tyburn, the Tar Man Makes an Unexpected Appearance, and this Story Comes to an End
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
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