Festergrimm by Thomas Taylor
In the fourth tale in this beloved series, villainous Sebastian Eels returns to Eerie-on-Sea, thrusting Herbie and Violet into a new adventure involving a missing girl, a spooky wax museum, and a dangerous clockwork robot.Herbie Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, and his fearless friend Violet Parma have unearthed many secrets in their village of Eerie-on-Sea: secrets lurking beneath the waves, lapping onto the beaches, and lying behind locked doors. When their brilliant and ruthless nemesis, Sebastian Eels, returns with a plan to open the long-shuttered waxworks museum, Herbie and Violet suspect nefarious motives. Their investigation leads them into the dark Netherways below the town--and into the tragic past of the famous toymaker and inventor Ludovic Festergrimm and his doomed daughter, Pandora. Sebastian Eels is convinced that within the story of Festergrimm is the key to Eerie's deepest secret--a secret in which Herbie himself plays a crucial part--and he'll stop at nothing to uncover it, including bringing a terrifying clockwork legend back to life. With echoes of fairy tales and monster movies, plus a dismembered finger or two, this is a deliciously creepy addition to a fantastical mystery series that is perfectly calibrated to thrill middle-grade readers.
Thomas Taylor (1758–1835) was an English translator and Neoplatonist who was the first to translate the whole works of Aristotle and Plato, as well as Orphic fragments, into English. Taylor was born in London and attended St. Paul's School, where he concentrated on classical and mathematical studies. After working as a clerk in Lubbock's Bank, he was appointed Assistant Secretary to the Society for the Promotion of Art (forerunner to the Royal Society of Arts), where he made a number of powerful acquaintances who helped him publish his numerous translations, which included Proclus, Porphyry, Apuleius, Ocellus Lucanus, and other Neoplatonists in addition to Plato and Aristotle. His goal was to complete a translation of all of the ancient Greek philosophers' untranslated works.
Taylor admired Hellenism, particularly Plato's and the Neoplatonists Proclus and the most divine Iamblichus, whose works he translated into English. He was so fascinated by the ancients that he and his wife only spoke to each other in classical Greek. He was also an outspoken critic of the corruption and shallowness of Christianity at the time. Taylor was mocked and made many enemies, yet he was well-liked in other circles.
Taylor was a frequent attendee at the gatherings of eccentric wanderer and philosopher John Walking Stewart, who was one of his pals. Taylor's suggested emendations were informed by his understanding of the Platonists, as the texts he utilized had been altered since the 16th century but were broken by lacunae. W. was influenced by his translations. Percy B. Blake, Percy B. Blake, Percy B. Blake,
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| ISBN 13 | 9781536232455 |
| ISBN 10 | 1536232459 |
| Title | Festergrimm |
| Author | Thomas Taylor |
| Series | The Legends Of Eerie-On-Sea |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 2023-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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