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The Drackenberg Adventure

by Lloyd Alexander (1988)

About this book

In 1873 seventeen-year-old Vesper Holly and her guardians travel to an obscure European grand duchy, where their archenemy Dr. Helvitius is pursuing a lost art treasure and engineering the country's annexation by a neighboring kingdom.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Drackenberg Adventure Lead Character

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