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Автор Ева Ибботсон

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

Part one

CHAPTER ONE - Balloons over London

CHAPTER TWO - Rich Cousins

CHAPTER THREE - The Train

CHAPTER FOUR - Delderton

CHAPTER FIVE - Becoming a Fork

CHAPTER SIX - London Interlude

CHAPTER SEVEN - Matteo’s Moan

CHAPTER EIGHT - Biology at Dawn

CHAPTER NINE - Trash Cans and a Festival

CHAPTER TEN - The Flurry Dance

Part Two

CHAPTER ELEVEN - The Prince Awakes

CHAPTER TWELVE - Arrival in Bergania

CHAPTER THIRTEEN - The Prince Watches

CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Sightseeing

CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Treachery

CHAPTER SIXTEEN - The Dragonfly Pool

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - The Festival Begins

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Finding the Prince

CHAPTER NINETEEN - The Last Dance

CHAPTER TWENTY - Good-bye, Bergania

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - The Pursuit

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - The Berganian Mountain Cat

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - The Cheese-Makers’ Guild

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - A Mistake Is Made

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - A Hero Is Born

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Night Train to Calais

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - Reaching the Boat

Part Three

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - September the Third

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - Rottingdene House

CHAPTER THIRTY - New Term

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - Karil and Carlotta

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - Matteo’s Visit

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - The Duke Is Enraged

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - The Painting

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - Karil Sees His Way

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - Christmas

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - The Future King

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - The Stripy Boys

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - Arcadia

CHAPTER FORTY - Dry Ice

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - The Play

Epilogue

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The Great Ghost Rescue

Journey to the River Sea

Dial-a-Ghost

Island of the Aunts

Which Witch?

The Secret of Platform 13

A Company of Swans

A Countess Below Stairs

A Song for Summer

The Morning Gift

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