The adventures of Toad of Toad Hall continue in this story where the comfortable bachelor world of the River Bank is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a formidable female character, who seems to win Toad's heart.
Toad is not looking forward to Christmas one bit. Every year the dreaded Mrs Ffleshe comes to stay, and every year she sets out to protect Toad from overindulgence. This time, however, Ratty, Mole and Badger intend to rescue their friend from unwanted guardian.
This is a re-creation of the much-loved world of Kenneth Grahames "The Wind in the Willows". William Horwood, author of the "Duncton" trilogies, brings to life the characters of Badger, Water Rat, Mole and Toad.
Toad is not looking forward to Christmas one bit. Every year the dreaded Mrs Ffleshe comes to stay, and every year she sets out to protect Toad from overindulgence. This time, however, Ratty, Mole and Badger intend to rescue their friend from unwanted guardian.
This novel continues the story of a community of moles in Duncton which featured in the books "Duncton Wood", "Duncton Quest" and "Duncton Found". In this story a new group of moles has emerged - evangelists, led by a prophet who threatens the liberal tradition of Stone worship.
It has lain lost and forgotten for fifteen hundred years in the ancient heartland of England - a scrap of glass and metal melded by fierce fire. It is the lost core of a flawless Sphere made by the greatest of the Anglo-Saxon CraeftLords in memory of the one he loved. But while humans have lost their belief in such things, the Hydden have not.
This novel continues the story of a community of moles in Duncton which featured in the books "Duncton Wood", "Duncton Quest" and "Duncton Found". As Privet, scholar and scribemole, and her adopted son Whillan, escape from Duncton Wood, the Newborn Inquisitors seek to take over the system.