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The Melbury family--Mum, Susan and Bill--go to live in a cottage in the Lake District, where the children and their school friends enjoy adventures which lead to the discovery of some Viking relics.Tags
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Light children's adventure with archaeology. It began a series. One feels that the children's father must have died in WWII when they were quite young.
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- Canonical title*
- Ingen får ro på Svartsjön
- Original publication date
- 1949
- People/Characters
- Bill Melbury; Susan Melbury; Penny Morchard
- Important places
- Lake District, Cumbria, England, UK
- First words
- I never meant to listen.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Well, as Mum often says, "We shall have to see."
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (4.08)
- Languages
- English, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 5
