A tale of adventure, attack, deceit, bravery, murder, abduction and high glory set in a small Welsh town. This book was the Winner of the Guardian fiction award. The author also wrote The Shadow Guests, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in Battersea and The Cuckoo Tree.
- ISBN10 0099888300
- ISBN13 9780099888307
- Publish Date 19 November 1992 (first published 1 January 1968)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 October 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Red Fox
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 304
- Language English