Post haste
1879Fiction, family life, generalLondon (england), fictionFictionGreat Britain. Royal MailGreat Britain
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Once upon a time - only once, observe, she did not do it twice - a widow of the name of Maylands went, in a fit of moderate insanity, and took up her abode in a lonely, tumble-down cottage in the west of Ireland.
Once upon a time - only once, observe, she did not do it twice - a widow of the name of Maylands went, in a fit of moderate insanity, and took up her abode in a lonely, tumble-down cottage in the west of Ireland.
About this book
"In this adventure in merry, old England, the reader is taken back to the beginning days of the General Post-Office, learning about the founding of the mail system. In the 1800's, guaranteeing a letter to delivery was a bit of a challenge, as Phillip Maylands, his sister Mary, and their friend George Aspel quickly find out. Though the British Post-Office at this time delivered in good condition over fourteen hundred million letters, a half-dozen important ones addressed to Messr. Blurt and Co. are missing! Our friends must take on the role of detective to trace the mysterious disappearance."--Visionforum.com
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Fiction, family life, generalLondon (england), fictionFictionGreat Britain. Royal MailGreat Britain
First published 1879About the author
Robert Michael Ballantyne
1825-04-24 – 1894-02-08
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