The Tale of Hawthorn House (Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Series #4)

by Susan Wittig Albert

Overview

Miss Beatrix Potter finds the abandoned Baby Flora-and a scarab ring-on her doorstep. An investigation reveals that the ring was pawned and reclaimed by a resident of the vacant and supposedly haunted Hawthorn House. Now Beatrix and her animal friends are left pondering these utterly puzzling happenings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425223284
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/02/2008
Series:	Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Series , #4
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Susan Wittig Albert grew up on a farm in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. A former professor of English and a university administrator and vice president, she is the author of the China Bayles Mysteries, the Darling Dahlias Mysteries, and the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter. Some of her recent titles include Widow’s Tears, Cat’s Claw, The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose, and The Tale of Castle Cottage. She and her husband, Bill, coauthor a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries under the name Robin Paige, which includes such titles as Death at Glamis Castle and Death at Whitechapel.

Date of Birth:

1940

Place of Birth:

Danville, Illinois

Education:

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley