The Enchanted Castle

This classic tale of childrens whimsy is light and easy to read. New illustrations added in this version as well as a brief biography of the Author. The enchanted castle of the title is a country estate in the West Country seen through the eyes of three children Gerald James and Kathleen who discover it while exploring during the school holidays. The lake groves and marble statues with white towers and turrets in the distance make a fairy-tale setting and then in the middle of the maze in the rose garden they find a sleeping fairy-tale princess. The princess tells them that the castle is full of magic and they almost believe her. She shows them the treasures of the castle including a ring she says is a ring of invisibility but when it actually turns her invisible she panics and admits that she is the housekeeper's niece Mabel and was just play-acting. The children soon discover that the ring has other magical powers.