Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Is she equal to the challenge?Ī rich mixture of legend, fantasy, humour and pure snowballing adventure.Ībout the Author: Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. Dido faces fire, flood, wild beasts and, ultimately, threat of execution in order to get the lake back. The queen is greatly distressed because a neighbouring king has stolen her lake. Her island is an infernal place where birds carry off men and fish eat human flesh. On her way back to London aboard the Thrush, Dido and crew are summoned to the aid of the tyrannical queen of New Cumbria.

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The Stolen Lake by Joan Aiken