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The Winter Of Enchantment

The Winter Of Enchantment

by Clayton, Victoria

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When Sebastian, a boy in Victorian England, sees an unhappy young girl in an antique mirror, he feels compelled to purchase it and free her from captivity. Melissa was kidnapped long ago by a wicked Enchanter who swore to deprive her adoptive father of whatever he loved most. To liberate Melissa, Sebastian must collect the Enchanter's five Power Objects - the mirror, a teapot, a silver fish, an emerald, and a green rose - and throw them into a magic well. Unless Sebastian can free her, she is doomed to spend eternity alone, trapped in the Enchanter's Treasure House, a place where time is meaningless.Why it's on the listThe story is a creative, fun, mysterious story that will capture your imagination. Although sometimes derivative in plot, it is wonderfully written, imaginatively described, and is absolutely entrancing. This is a story that awakens the mind and refreshes the spirit.Read if you likeFun, mysterious and thoroughly enjoyable stories.

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Clayton, Victoria

Clayton, Victoria

Victoria Clayton, née Walker, is a British author. She began writing at her parents' house in Cambridgeshire. When dining one night in London she sat next to Bill McCreadle of publisher Rupert Hart-Davis who agreed to look at her manuscript, and in 1969, when she was just 21, he decided to publish what became The Winter of Enchantment. Its sequel, The House Called Hadlows, was published in 1972. The books concern a boy called Sebastian who enters another world through a magic mirror. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Clayton

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