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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Trease, Geoffrey
The English Lake District. The first mountain to be mentioned is Blencathra not so far from Keswick. A large part of the story is set around that town but the action also moves to London and back again.
| In the first chapter Peter Brownrigg, his brother and father are committing an act of rebellion against a local landowner. What do they actually do? | "Cue for Treason" by Geoffrey Trease
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They knock down a wall enclosing some meadow land.. The enclosure of common land by noblemen has been resented throughout English history. The noblemen had control of most lawyers and thus of the law and behaved as no better than thieves.
his hat. The hat or cap is actually shot off his head just after he has thrown a rock at the horsemen who are coming to try to arrest the farmers knocking down the enclosure wall. Peter doesn't have time to try and recover it.
in a chest that normally contains actors' clothing. The chest turns out to be playing the part of a coffin in the performance of "Richard III" that is being put on by the actors. Peter finds himself carried on stage.
Sir Philip Morton. The identity of Kit is one of the main plotlines of the first half of the book. Most readers notice what is going on long before Peter realises just who and what his companion is.
He got thrown from his horse into a river and broke his leg.. It is Peter and Kit who drag Mr.Desmond safely from the river. However, his injury means he can't take them to London and promote their skills at acting with the various managers.
Juliet's nurse. Kit wins the part of Juliet and Peter has to be satisfied with a walk on part as Lady Montague.
He builds a ladder of daggers embedded in the wooden beams.. When Peter escapes from the room he has to pull the daggers out one by one again for it is essential that no one knows they have been overheard. Using his acting skills he pretends to be a pair of lovers hiding amongst the shadows in a boat on the river.
a peel-tower. The clue to this is found in the sonnet that Peter and Kit find in the house in London. Sir Francis Walsingham is responsible cracking the code in the poem but only Peter can tell him what it means.
Tom Boyd. Both Peter and Kit get friendly with Tom on their journey north and his death upsets both of them a lot.
Henry V. The plotters hope to mask the pistol shot with the sound of stage cannon. The murderer is to be John Somers a disgruntled member of Burbage's company whom Peter knew to be a crack shot.
Ullswater. Later Peter is pursued up the mountain Helvellyn and has an encounter on the famous Striding Edge. Geoffrey Trease makes great use of the Lake District scenery as the plot quickens towards the end of the story.
Peter and Kit. The appeal of the book has been that Kit or Katherine has played almost an equal part in the adventure from the very beginning. Queen Elizabeth predicts that she might want a husband one day and it proves to be Peter. More of their story can be followed in "Silver Guard" by Geoffrey Trease.
They had to live there full time for at least five years.. Cousin Fay had disliked "week-enders" so much she was determined that the cottage should be occupied all year round. This meant that Mrs. Melbury, Bill and Susan would have to give up their present furnished rooms and their current schools and move north on a permanent basis.
That she didn't let her standards of dress or behaviour decline.. As Mrs.Melbury puts it - there would be sometimes nobody to see her but the sheep. That, she thought, might tempt her to let herself go and she lists what they need to watch - "hair, clothes, hands, anything...."
| Which scene in Shakespeare was Bill reminded of when he staggered along the road in the pouring rain on the first night and considered turning back without getting any milk? | "No Boats on Bannermere" by Geoffrey Trease
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Lancelot Gobbo's debate between conscience and temptation.. Bill describes his journey as a debate between his desire to go back to the cottage and the wish to get out of the rain and the dark. In the end he drops the milk jug and finds his way back to the cottage having been unsuccessful in his quest to reach the nearest neighbours.
The smaller room he wanted was over the warm kitchen.. Susan claims that she needs a bigger room so that she can invite friends in and try clothes on. Bill is pretty sure that during the Lakeland winters the room over the heat of the kitchen will be the best one to be in at night.
The island was a bird sanctuary.. When an investigation is made it is clear that Sir Alfred Askew has only just come up with the idea of the island being a bird sanctuary. It does also prove to be a site of archeological interest but that is not something any of them know when he claims it is a bird sanctuary.
A vividly-striped canvas umbrella that fits over a garden-table.. The "Monstrosity" proves to have an important influence on the course of the story. Miss Florey mistakes their cottage for a place which sells teas because she assumes the table has been put out especially for customers. Later the Melbury family decide it would be a good idea to actually "do" teas and make a small profit.
For being seen with the high school girls during the lunch hour.. The two girls that Bill met were his sister Susan and her new friend, the very attractive Penny Morchard. Mr. Kingsford refuses to allow his boys to have anything to do with girls. He regards it as unhealthy and accuses Bill of "paying his attentions" to them.
She plays Gitana the Gypsy and tells fortunes.. Penny's talent for acting allows her to use the occasion to try to prove that Sir Alfred Askew has a guilty secret. She mentions the word "elephants" to him to suggest his Indian background. She then says the name "Matson" which was the one that Bill had overheard on the telephone. He responds in the way they had all hoped.
He lets out a long blood-curdling yell.. Bill knows that if they are chased it will be Penny with her limp who will be the most vulnerable. So he gives a yell to draw Sir Alfred and Matson after him. He makes the sound vibrate (like Tarzan perhaps) by moving his hand backwards and forwards across his mouth.
A piece of Viking chain mail. The chain mail links with the stories of the Vikings or Northmen coming to the Lakeland villages and raiding local monasteries and churches. It starts the four children off on their hunt for treasure.
Tim had lost his cap with his name in it.. When called to the Headmaster's office Bill is tricked into owning up that he had been in Bannermere Woods by Kingsford's direct question. In the argument with Sir Alfred that follows Kingsford is very strongly on the side of his two pupils.
Operation Amphibian. A large part of the preparations for "Operation Amphibian" are connected with assembling, transporting and rowing Tim's collapsible boat. In order to disguise what they are talking about when speaking from the phone in the village shop Bill talks of "Amphibious archeology" which Penny spoonerises as "archious amphibiology".
He had to ride Susan's bike which was much too small.. Tim complained that he felt like "an elephant on a fairy-cycle" as he struggled along on bicycle that was much too small. Also there were dificulties for both boys in keeping pace with each other.
In a scuffle between Sir Alfred and Kingsford Sir Alfred fell on it.. It was fortunate that Tim had taken a photograph so that there was evidence that the dead man had had a Christian burial. The objects found were thus Treasure Trove and the finders (i.e.Bill, Tim, Penny and Susan) were entitled to a reward.
by suggesting that she might want a relationship with Bill in the future.. When Penny is adamant that she is not Bill's sister the newspaperman suggests that it "might mean more than one thing". At this suggestion Penny goes "pink right up to her high cheek-bones."
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