Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Jacqueline Harvey, Random House, $16.99.
From the prolific author of another children’s series Clementine Rose, this stately escapade sees Alice-Miranda going off on a royal adventure.
It’s Queen Georgiana’s silver jubilee and Alice-Miranda and her friends are invited to stay at Evesbury Palace to celebrate. Then why is it that some of the staff are behaving strangely?
However, between the queen’s scampish grandsons and anonymous threats, something is awry amidst the glamour. The surroundings were every bit as magnificent as they’d imagined. The palatial surrounds are the perfect place for shrouding secrets. Can Alice-Miranda uncover the sinister plot to take down the royal family in time?
Aunty Gee’s grandsons, Edgar and Louis, don’t exactly give their guests a friendly welcome. After all they are the palace’s resident mischief-makers. It doesn’t take long for things to go from bad to worse when they team up with an unexpected visitor.
The 11th in the series, Alice-Miranda at the Palace is sprinkled with humour, clever clues and the sparkliest of gowns.
