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KING STRAVOS OF RAVENSLAND WANTS INDIA.HE NEEDS A PASSAGE TO THE SEA.HE HAS AS ALLY, JOKO SINGH, THE RULER OF ODDPUR AND HIRED THE SERVICES OF CROW, THE MASTER-SPY. THE PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, WARNED BY SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICES, SENDS HIM, HIS DAUGHTER MOIRA AND FIELD AGENT AMELIA STAR, TO INDIA.WHAT HAPPENS NEXT COMES FROM KHALI, THE GODDESS, AND THE THIRD FULL MOON.A BIG AD

WITH A NEW TOTAL VISUAL, FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE ". A TALE OF A MACHIAVELIC PLOT TO STEAL INDIA, " THE JEWEL OF THE CROWN" FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE, CONDUCTED BY KING STRAVOS AND BY CROW, THE MASTER SPY. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER COUNTER ATTACKS SENDING SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICES, HIS DAUGHTER, THE LOVELY MOIRA HUNTER, AND THE BEST FIELD AGENT, THE BEAUTIFUL AMELIA STAR, TO INDIA TO ABORT THE "COUP"

THE BEST ADVENTURE EVER, A DIABOLIC PLOT TO KIDNAP QUEEN VICTORIA AND TO EXCHANGE HER FOR THE BEST KEPT ENGLAND SECRET, "THE GLOBAL BOMB". THE MARAJAH OF RANIPUR WANTS THE BOMB TO MAKE A WAR OF AGRESSION AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOURS AND EXPAND HIS TERRITORY, IN INDIA. FOR THAT PURPOSE HE HIRED THE NOTORIOUS MASTER SPY, CROW, (SEE FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE), NOW, NAMED COUNT VON STERBEN, AND GOT THE SUPPORT OF THE FAMOUS INDIAN SECT OF ASSASSINS, THE THUGS, WHO, DURING CENTURIES MURDERED THOUSANDS IN INDIA. THE B RITISH COUNTER ATTACKED. SIR MORTIMER HUNTER THE HEAD OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICES, WITH THE HELP OF HIS DAUGHTER, THE BEAUTIFUL MOIRA HUNTER AND OF THE BEST BRITISH SECRET AGENT, SIDNEY OREBAR, ABORTED THE SINISTER PLOT, AFTER SEVERAL EPISODES OF ADVENTURE, INTRIGUE, HUMOUR AND SUSPENSE, WHICH ACTION TAKES PLACE IN LONDON, RANIPUR AND BALMORAL

SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICE, HIS DAUGHTER, MOIRA AND SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH SECRET AGENT ARE INVITED BY THE DUKE OF CORNMILK TO WELCOME THE MARAJAH OF RANIPUR.THE MARAJAH WANTED TO BUY THE ULTIMATE BRITISH WEAPON, THE GLOBAL BOMB, BUT THE SECRETARY OF WAR REFUSED TO SELL IT. THE MARAJAH'S ADVISOR, COUNT VON STERBEN, ALIAS CROW THE MASTER SPY, CONCEIVED A PLAN "ROYAL THREAT" TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE BOMB. AND HERE BEGINS THIS GREAT ADVENTURE WHRE OUR HEROES HAVE TO FACE THE DANGEROUS SECT OF THUGS.

Incredible adventure..Crow, alias, Von Sterben, escapes from prison (see Royal threat ) and asks the british government, one million pounds, menacing the authorities to make London explode if they decide not to pay him. Crow plans to keep his promise as the government will not pay. So he will make explode the "EYES OF ISIS" a mysterious lethal weapon, lost for centuries in the sands of Nubia. Sir Mortimer Hunter, head of secret sevices, his lovely daughter Moira, and the best british secret agent, Sidney Orebar, fight Crow in a very tight confrontation.In the last moment, the contribution of Mirna, becomes cruciaL.

CROW, OR VON STERBEN, ESCAPED FROM PRISON AND ASKED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PAY HIM A MILLION POUNDS IN GOLD.IF NOT HE WOULD DESTROY LONDON.HE MENTIONED THE EYES OF ISIS.SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICE, MOIRA HUNTER, HIS DAUGHTER, SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH AGENT AND PROFESSOR EGEE, TRAVELLED TO EGYPT TO FIND PROFESSOR MAMOUD WHO FOUND THE EYES OF ISIS.CROW AND MARA, THE BEAUTIFUL THUGH KILLER WERE THERE TOO.AN INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE BEGINS, WHERE MYRNA PLAYS A CRUCIAL

BARON ENDO SENT HIS DAUGHTER TO LONDON TO ASK SIRMORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICE TO GO TO JAPAN TO FIND OUT WHAT CROW, OR VON STERBEN WAS DOING THERE. SO, SIR MORTIMER, HIS DAUGHTER, MOIRA, AND SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH SECRET AGENT WENT TO JAPAN. THERE BARON ENDO EXPLAINED THAT VON STERBEN WAS HIRED BY BARON KURITO, THE LEADER OF THE CONSERVATIVE GROUP, WHO OPPOSED THE MODERNIZATION OF JAPAN.BARON KURITO AND VON STERBEN GOT THE SUPPORT FROM THE MASTER OF THE FOREST, HOME OF SPIRITS AND DEMONS, TO HELP HIM TO KILL BARON ENDO.ANOTHER BIG ADVENTURE

THE "GLOBAL BOMB", THE ULTIMATE BRITISH WEAPON WAS STOLEN.THE PRIME MINISTER SENT SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICE, HIS DAUGHTER MOIRA HUNTER AND SIDNEY OREBER, THE BEST BRITISH AGENT TO LOOK FOR HER.IN CAIRO THEY KNEW THAT THE MAHDI, WITH THE HELP OF VON STERBEN, ALIAS CROW, WAS PREPARING TO MAKE THE GLOBAL BOMB EXPLODE AND TO MAKE FROM CAIRO A "BLACK HOLE", WHICH WOULD BRING THE SURRENDER OF THE KHEDIVE AND THE TAKING OF EGYPT BY THE MAHDI.ANOTHER BIG ADVENTURE WITH AN UNEXPECTED END.

In a tunnel under the Thames, an urchin named Jenny and the young Queen Victoria dream of a wonderful new idea - underground trains! Twenty years later, the dream is finally becoming a reality. However, the construction of the Underground is tearing London apart and destroying the home of Jenny and her family. When Jenny comes face-to-face with the Queen again - will she tell her about the human cost of the ''dream''? In the Victorian Tales Terry Deary explores the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place in this era. These tales feature real characters and take place in some of the most recognizable Victorian settings.

Henri Giffard has devoted all his free time and money to invent the first steam-driven hot air balloon. He''s determined to make mankind''s first ever-powered flight, and so in 1852 he sets off for Paris with just an urchin girl to help him. Thousands of people gather to watch the flight. Will the machine work when the weather changes - or will Henri''s dream of flying become his downfall? In the Victorian Tales Terry Deary explores the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place. These tales feature real characters and take place in some of the most recognizable Victorian settings.

Isambard Brunel''s Great Western is the biggest, fasted steamship in the world. But the crew of the little Irish steamship Sirius are determined to beat Brunel''s sea monster and be the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam alone. With fires causing havoc, Brunel getting injured and one ship running out of coal, which steam sea monster has the power to win this dangerous race? In the Victorian Tales Terry Deary explores the fascinating world of the Victorians, including many of the incredible achievements and breakthroughs that took place. These tales feature real characters and take place in some of the most recognizable Victorian settings.

A crowded train takes a wrong turn and hurtles at full speed into a section of trapped that should have been closed for repair. Among the passengers is the writer Charles Dickens. Can young workman Tommy stop the train in time and save the lives of those on board - or is it already too late? In this dramatic re-telling of one of the worst rail accidents in Victorian Britain, the Staplehurst Railway disaster, Terry Deary explores the fascinating world of the Victorians. Victorian Tales feature real monarchs and characters and take place in some of the most recognizable Victorian settings.

AT THE REQUEST OF QUEEN VICTORIA, SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HEAD OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICE, HIS DAUGHTER MOIRA AND SIDNEY OREBAR, THE BEST BRITISH AGENT, TRAVELLED TO VATTENLAND, WHERE PRINCESS DINA, NIECE OF QUEEN VICTORIA EXPLAINED TO THEM WHY SHE ASKED QUEEN VICTORIA FOR HELP.HER HUSBAND CROWN PRINCE KARL COULD NOT BE CROWNED AS THE ROYAL CROWN WAS NOT IN THE TRUNK WHERE IT WAS DEPOSITED BY HIM, ONE YEAR BEFORE.CROWN PRINCE KARL HAD THE ONLY KEY TO THE TRUNK .DUKE SEBASTIAN WAS THE SUSPECT, BUT AS THE TRUNK WAS NOT FORCED, NOTHING COULD BE PROVED AGAINST HIM.ONLY ONE FACT;DUKE SEBASTIAN HIRED THE SERVICES OF VON STERBEN, ALIAS CROW, JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE CROWN WAS LOST.AOTHER BIG ADVENTURE, FULL OF S

IF YOU READ THE PREVIOUS TALE " THE KHEDIVE", YOU KNOW THAT CROW, ALIAS VON STERBEN, WITH THE MAHDI AND, ALSO, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE UNCLE OF THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT, INVITED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES TRIED TO KIDNAP HIM.THIS ATTEMPT FAILED.THE MAHDI AND CROW ESCAPED, WHILE THE FAKE KHEDIVE WAS ABLE TO FLED FROM PRISON ONE DAY AFTER.NOW, THEY ARE IN THE PLACE OF THE MAHDI, IN THE DESERT, AND A NEW TALE BEGINS...