Romanesque masons had fun carving shapes out of them: amongst them we might observe a grotesque face or an acrobatic exhibitionist, a shiela-na-gig or an angel, maybe even a foliate head or Green Man. They’re the counterpart of the capitals on freestanding pillars, those stone approximations of mighty trees the capitals are sometimes plain (like Doric capitals) or abstract (like the ‘eyes’ on Ionic capitals) or even representational (as with the foliage on Corinthian capitals). Corbels are those stone brackets that project from the wall they were designed to support a cornice, or more often the springing of an arch that rises like a slender tree trunk, curving and sprouting liernes to join other stone ribs so as to form a tracery of slender branches, supporting in their turn the distant vault. There are six hilarious stories in this classic collection by the much-loved storyteller Joan Aiken and renowned illustrator Quentin Blake. You will often find them if you glance above you in a medieval church, high up on nave or chancel walls. Joan also wrote nonfiction including How To Write for Children (1982) and with her siblings, a tribute to their father entitled Conrad Aiken Remembered (1989).Corbel in the form of a grotesque, Quakers Friars, Broadmead, Bristol Mortimers lost green tie, a grand piano and King Arthur all in one book. Joan wrote some Jane Austen related books including Mansfield Revisited (1984), Jane Fairfax: The Secret Story of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen’s Emma (1990), Eliza’s Daughter (1994), Emma Watson: The Watsons Completed (1996) and Lady Catherine’s Necklace (2000). Add to Wish List Link to this Book Add to Bookbag Sell this Book Buy it at Amazon Compare Prices. The Felix series consisted of three books: Go Saddle the Sea (1978), Bridle the Wind (1983) and The Teeth of the Gale (1988). Jones’s Disappearing Taxi (1982), Mortimer’s Cross (1983), Arabel and Mortimer (1992) and Mayhem in Rumbury (1995). The Wolves of Willoughby Chase won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1965 and made into a film in the 1980s.Īnother series about a girl Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer included: Arabel’s Raven, Mortimer’s Tie (1976), The Mystery of Mr. The story concerns two cousins who lose their ancestral home to their conniving guardian Miss Slighcarp. This turned out to be the first in the James III series which included Blackhearts in Battersea (1964), The Whispering Mountain (1968) and Midwinter Nightingale (2003). Aiken, Joan Arabel and Mortimer: Containing Mortimers Tie, the Spiral Stair, Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur ISBN 13: 9781850899785 Arabel and Mortimer: Containing Mortimers Tie, the Spiral Stair, Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur Aiken, Joan 4. In 1962 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase a children’s novel set in 19th century England was published.
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