Title: Richard and the Golden Horseshoe
Author: Violet Needham
Publisher: Girls Gone By
Date: 2008
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback
Series: Stormy Petrel, number 6
Description
This is the sixth in Violet Needham’s Stormy Petrel series, and is extremely hard to find in the original hardback edition. It continues the stories of the Stormy Petrel, Count Jasper and his troop of Black Riders, of Far Away Moses and the young and lively Anastasia, Duchess Ornowitza. This story tells of adventures within the Empire, of plot and counterplot, of sudden and hasty journeys, of pursuits and escapes. A rebel party is planning to supplant Anastasia by the young Count Tancred Feradio. In this they are opposed not only by the Stormy Petrel himself but by young Richard, son of the Count Jasper who was once the Stormy Petrel’s sworn enemy. The story of the adventures Richard encounters while bringing a message, vital to the safety of the Empire, through the lines of the enemy, makes inspired reading.
This new edition includes a 10 page article on The Villainy in Violet Needham and 5 page article on The Stormy Petrel Series.
