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    Cogheart
    Cogheart
    Cogheart
    Audiobook8 hours

    Cogheart

    Written by Peter Bunzl

    Narrated by Rachael Beresford

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    Thirteen-year-old Lily Hartman always dreamed of adventure. A strong-willed girl, Lily felt trapped in a life of Victorian stuffiness at her prim boarding school. But after her father-a famous inventor-disappears on a routine zeppelin flight, Lily's life gets turned upside down. Now cared for by her guardian, the heartless Madame Verdigris, Lily is quite certain that she's being watched. Mysterious, silver-eyed men are lurking in the shadows, just waiting for their chance to strike. But what could they possibly want from her? There are rumors, Lily learns, that her father had invented the most valuable invention ever made-a perpetual motion machine. But if he made such a miraculous discovery, he certainly never told Lily. And all he left behind is a small box-with no key, no hinges. With the help of a clockmaker's son, Robert, and her mechanimal fox, Malkin, Lily escapes London in search of the one person who might know something about her father's disappearance-and what he left behind.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 3, 2019
    ISBN9781980047919
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    Peter Bunzl

    Peter Bunzl grew up in London and lives there with his partner Michael. He is a BAFTA-award-winning animator, as well as a writer and filmmaker.

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    • 4/5
      If Joan Aiken had written steampunk it would have been rather like this. That is very high praise indeed, and I think that Cogheart deserves it. Aiken first came to mind with the character of Madame Verdigris the sinister housekeeper, who certainly owes a few traits to Miss Slighcarp. Lily is as feisty a heroine as Bonnie, and the action trips along nicely with suitable period touches which are also very reminiscent of Aiken's not-quite historical England.Airships, hybrid villans and automata make this a definitely alternative Victorian setting, and they are nicely bedded in, feeling quite natural in the world of the novel. The growing trust between Lily and Robert is handled well, and the irresisitible fox, Malkin, is simply - irresistible.I liked the inclusion of the Dictionary of curious words, and the attractive chapter headings. I'm looking forward to the next instalment - Moonrocket - and sincerely hoping that we'll find out what happened to Robert's mysterious mother...