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In The Horn of Merlyns Violet Needham has written a story of mounting excitement. The chief characters are twins, a boy and girl of eleven, christened Giles and Gillian Alvington but called Jack and Gill. They were orphaned when they were six, and the death of their grandmother is the cause of their moving from a cramped existence in London to the enjoyment of all the pleasures of life in a country house. The house is named Merlyns and it has been in the family for many generations. It is said to be cursed, and the story of the curse is bound up in the loss of an ivory horn. Certainly the latter history of the Alvingtons seems to prove the truth of the old story of a curse. But it is also said that on Midsummer Eve " twain shall the magic Horn retrieve," and this is what the twins accomplish.
Readers of Violet Needham's earlier books The Stormy Petrel, The Emerald Crown and The Black Riders know how well she tells a story of adventure. In The Horn of Merlyns the thrills of whispered magic, and the enchantment of the lovely setting of house, garden, woods and ponies is added to a lively story of hazard and daring.
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