Midwinter Nightingale

By Joan Aiken

Published Jan 2005

Returning to England, Dido Twite is imprisoned by Baron Rudh and witnesses some macabre murders. For there’s a plot afoot to land an invasion force on the south coast and Dido is to lead them to her good friend Simon Battersea and King Richard, who is rumoured to be on his deathbed.
But not even Dido knows that Simon is sheltering the ailing king in the flooded Wetlands, just where the invasion is planned. With the added task of finding an ancient coronet, Simon is hampered by a flock of sheep, Russian bears and the United States Real Saxon Army, whose powers of levitation are astounding. The future of England is at state…