I am not normally a caper fan, but this is a particularly fine one and written at the time when this type of thing was so popular. Fans of Scooby Doo will rejoice as you truly have the lot in here - a spooky old castle, séances, missing artwork, ambulating suits of armor, romantic ruins and a centuries-old story. They don’t write them like this anymore, and what a shame as it is so very enjoyable. Told in Vicky’s own words, her modern viewpoint is a necessary foil to the romance and adventure... and a delightfully feminist one at that. Her wits are pitted against several men of the Neanderthal persuasion, and this battle of the sexes rings as true today as when it was written back in 1973. Fast, fun and frothy, there is a lot to enjoy in here, not least the tragic and true history of the Peasants Revolt. This publisher is reissuing all the Vicky Bliss books, and not a day too soon.