Author: (the amazing, the fabulous, the really really awesome writer) Lloyd Alexander
My Description: It's another of those Vesper Holly books! I really loved all of them, but they did get a little repetitious... I was very disappointed when they never introduced a new villain, (of course different accomplices, but the same main villain) and I got a little bored. Not only that, but I had a picture of this one character--'The Weed' as Vesper nick-named him--and as it turned out, I was way off and some of the things that happened I was completely unprepared for because of that different picture I had of him... anyway, besides all that, Vesper Holly is as cool and Indiana Jones-ee as ever, Brinnie is still her Dear Old Tiger, and all in all it's a very good book.
Back-of -the-Book Description: Vesper Holly loves archaeology and adventure. So when she is told that archaeologist Herr Schliemann has found the ruins of ancient Troy, she's determined to go investigate further. So she and her friends Brinnie, his wife Mary, and the knowledgeable oddball The Weed (not his real name) set out to Hissarlik. But things rapidly go awry. A sinister boat captain dumps them off in the wrong place, and a sputtering archaeologist -- who claims he, not Schliemann, has found Troy -- turns out to be working for the malevolent Dr. Helviticus. And this time, the doctor has far-reaching plans not only to take control of the world's oil, but to rule the world itself from his own luxurious Xanadu...
Starting Date: April 4th
Ending Date: April 6th
Reading Time: Three days
Pages: 145
Recommendations: To all who loved the other Vesper Holly books, and to those who like Indiana Jones.
Writing Rating: 8
Story Rating: 8
Overall Rating: 8
Book #20 of '08
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