Binding: Mass Market Paperback
EAN: 9780440963707
ISBN: 0440963702
Label: Dell Pub Co
Manufacturer: Dell Pub Co
Publication Date: 1981-05
Publisher: Dell Pub Co
Studio: Dell Pub Co
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Joan Aiken writes a brilliant story on two levels which continues the saga of Dido Twite, lost at sea in the preceding novel (Black Hearts in Battersea.) She is rescued by a whaling ship whose skipper, the lugubrious Quaker Captain Coffin, is obsessed by his hunt for the great PINK whale while having some difficulty relating to his timid daughter, who has locked herself in his cupboard for the duration of the voyage. Dido wins her trust and is 'rewarded' by her father who imposes on her to be ... Read More
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