![]() ![]() ![]() Peter Bunzl grew up in London and lives there with his partner Michael. With the help of a clockmaker’s son, Robert, and her mechanimal fox, Malkin, Lily escapes London in search of the one person who might know something about her father’s disappearance-and what he left behind. And all he left behind is a small box-with no key, no hinges. But if he made such a miraculous discovery, he certainly never told Lily. There are rumors, Lily learns, that her father had invented the most valuable invention ever made-a perpetual motion machine. ![]() ![]() But what could they possibly want from her? Mysterious, silver-eyed men are lurking in the shadows, just waiting for their chance to strike. Now cared for by her guardian, the heartless Madame Verdigris, Lily is quite certain that she’s being watched. But after her father-a famous inventor-disappears on a routine zeppelin flight, Lily’s life gets turned upside down. It’s a light read, probably perfect for a child around the age of ten. It follows the adventures of Lily Hartman and her friend Robert, the clockmaker’s son as they flee from danger and search for answers about Lily’s father’s disappearance. A strong-willed girl, Lily felt trapped in a life of Victorian stuffiness at her prim boarding school. Cogheart is a children’s steampunk novel by Peter Bunzl. Thirteen-year-old Lily Hartman always dreamed of adventure. ![]()
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