Bunzl, Peter – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:02:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Bunzl, Peter – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Glassborn https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/glassborn/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/glassborn/ Fairy Tree tall and grand, open a path to Fairyland.

The year is 1826, and the four Belle siblings arrive at their new home – Fairykeep Cottage. Here Acton, the youngest member of the family, discovers a hidden key that opens a door into Fairyland. But when he ventures through, he’s kidnapped by the Fairy Queen’s servants.
Cora, Elle and Bram set out on a quest to rescue their brother. But Fairyland is full of dangers…and to overcome the Fairy Queen they will need all their courage, cunning and a great deal of hope.
An enthralling tale of magic and mystery, from the bestselling author of The Cogheart Adventures.

]]> Dragonracers https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/dragonracers/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=30742 The daring exploits of the earliest aviators inspire Kitty and Harris Hawk to take to the skies on their incredible dragon in this page-turning adventure from master storyteller Peter Bunzl.

]]> Twins Kitty and Harris Hawk have grown up at the airfield where their father works as an engineer. Kitty in particular is obsessed with the idea of becoming an aeronaut but her father thinks children should stay firmly on the ground. When the twins discover a strange and unusually large egg from which a dragon hatches, little do they imagine that this is the first step on a journey that will see them taking to the skies and competing in the first long-distance air race. Can they win the huge prize that’s at stake and will their daring adventure lead their father to change his mind about Kitty’s future?

]]> The Clockwork Queen https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-clockwork-queen/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=23098 When her grandmaster father is imprisoned in the dungeons of St Petersburg, Sophie plans to help him escape through an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen. But will she be able to outwit the Empress herself? A page-turning historical adventure from Cogheart author Peter Bunzl.

]]> Chess prodigy Sophie Peshka inherited her love of the game from her grandmaster father. But now that he has been imprisoned in the dungeons of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg by powerful Empress Catherine the Great, Sophie must use all her strategic skill and cunning to help him escape.

Part of Sophie’s plan involves an incredible chess-playing automaton called the Clockwork Queen, but will the Queen be able to outwit the Empress in a game where the stakes are a matter of life and death?

]]> Magicborn https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/magicborn/ Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=22985 The Curse is changed. You’ll never know. The truth is lost. The lie will grow.

The year is 1726 and the Royal Sorcerer of England is on the hunt for those who are Magicborn. When Tempest is captured, she is taken to Kensington Palace alongside a boy like her, Thomas.

Trapped, Tempest and Thomas find their magic flickering to life and, with it, long-buried memories. For they are the lost prince and princess of Fairyland, bound by a deadly curse. But now the fairies are coming to get them, and with the truth revealed…can they both survive?

The first in a sumptuous and enthralling new historical-fantasy adventure series from the bestselling author of The Cogheart Adventures.

]]> Shadowsea https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/shadowsea/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/shadowsea/ Murder, mayhem and mystery meet in the gripping Victorian world of the bestselling series,The Cogheart Adventures… Join Lily, Robert and Malkin on a fantastic voyage of terror and triumph in Shadowsea, their fourth and final adventure, from award-winning Peter Bunzl.

Dark secrets never stay submerged for long.

Swept into the bright hustle-bustle of New York, Lily, Robert and Malkin discover that danger lies beneath the city’s surface. For there are chilling goings-on…

A strange boy held captive who needs their help, and a shadowy professor with a treacherous plan.

Searching for clues, Robert and Lily are plunged into deep water… But will they uncover the deadly truth in time to survive?

Praise for The Cogheart Adventures:

“A steampunky tale of ambition, pursuit and revenge.” The Guardian

“Expect thrills, mayhem and mystery.” BookTrust

“A delightfully badly behaved heroine, enthralling mechanicals and a stormer of a plot.” Abi Elphinstone

“A glittering clockwork treasure.” Piers Torday

]]> Skycircus https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/skycircus/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/skycircus/ Treachery, tight-ropes and trickery combine in this incredible third Cogheart Adventure: the bestselling series of fantastical imagination set in a gripping Victorian world, from award-winning Peter Bunzl.

Old secrets can weigh heavy when you want to fly.

Invited to a one-off spectacular show by Slimwood’s Stupendous Travelling Skycircus, Lily, Robert and mechanical fox Malkin can’t wait to jump onboard.

But behind the daredevil deeds of the bewitching bird-girl and the lobster-handed boy, something sinister lurks. And soon, the watchful ringmistress, Madame Lyons-Mane, reveals a deadly plan for Lily. Could the secrets of Lily’s past hold their only chance of escape from this terrible trap?

“Skycircus takes readers to an even higher level with a mesmerising and imaginative adventure that delivers wall-to-wall thrills.” Lancashire Evening Post

]]> Moonlocket https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/moonlocket/ Mon, 01 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/moonlocket/ A thrilling tale of catastrophe and courage… The exhilarating second Cogheart Adventure: the bestselling series of fantastical imagination set in a gripping Victorian world, from award-winning Peter Bunzl.

It’s hard to escape the secrets from the past.

Storm clouds gather over Lily and Robert’s summer when criminal mastermind the Jack of Diamonds appears. For Jack is searching for the mysterious Moonlocket – but that’s not the only thing he wants.

Suddenly, dark secrets from Robert’s past plunge him into danger. Jack is playing a cruel game that Robert is a part of. Lily and Malkin, the mechanical fox, must stay one step ahead before Jack play his final, deadly card…

“I raced through it… A must-read for all fans of adventure – children or not.” Kiran Millwood Hargrave

“A ‘tockingly’ good steampunk mystery.” Kirkus

“Adventure by the spadeful!” ReadingZone

“A spellbinding sequel, a roller coaster journey full of catastrophe, buried secrets, breathtaking courage and intrigue.” Lancashire Post

]]> Cogheart https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/cogheart/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/cogheart/ The first in the bestselling Cogheart Adventures series, where mayhem, murder and mystery meet in a gripping Victorian world of fantastical imagination.

Some secrets change the world in a heartbeat.

Lily’s life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her?

With her friends – Robert, the clockmaker’s son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox – Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Too soon Lily realizes that those she holds dear may be the very ones to break her heart…

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD
SELECTED AS ONE OF THE NATION’S 100 FAVOURITE STORIES TO SHARE (World Book Day, 2018)

“A steampunky tale of ambition, pursuit and revenge.” The Guardian

“A delightfully badly behaved heroine, enthralling mechanicals and a stormer of a plot.” Abi Elphinstone

“A glittering clockwork treasure.” Piers Torday

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