Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread
Anybody who found themselves in the rigging of the good ship Lotus very early that morning would have seen an unusual sight: a shy, plump girl with a magpie fidgeting on her shoulder, holding in her hand a glinting coin…
We begin in LONDON, 1774.
Twelve-year-old Lettice Breech is excited to visit Europe with her Pa, who is eternally fascinated by ancient objects. Together they’re going to admire breathtaking French art, astounding Roman ruins, and spectacular Greek carvings.
But their plans are dashed when part of a famous statue is exposed as a forgery, and Pa is thrown in gaol for the crime.
Pa has taught Letty how to tell a real antiquity from a fake, but she needs the other pieces of the…
Penny Boxall writes middle-grade fiction.
She’s fascinated by all things 18th-century. In her museums jobs she’s helped look after William Wordsworth’s spectacles at Dove Cottage, Laurence Sterne’s porcelain cow at Shandy Hall, Mughal miniatures at the Ashmolean, and the Queen’s tapestries.
She has an MA in Creative Writing from UEA and has published three poetry collections, including Ship of the Line (which won Scotland’s largest poetry prize). She’s held residencies at an Oxford college, a Scottish castle, a Swiss chateau, and a shipping container near Loch Long.
She grew up in Aberdeenshire and now lives in York. She can often be found wuthering about on the moors.
