THE KNIGHT OF STARS AND STORMS

By Terry Deary

Synopsis

The Marsden family are in financial trouble. If they can’t pay their debts they will lose their home. With this in mind Will, his father and their serving girl set sail for London with a cargo of coal.

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Narrator	Toby Longworth
Length	5hrs
Catalogue No.	616750
Publisher	Orion

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