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Informationen zum Autor Beatrix Potter is one of the world's best-loved children's authors of all time. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters including Mrs Tiggy-winkle, Mr Jeremy Fisher and Tom Kitten. Her humorous, lively tales and beautiful illustrations have become a natural part of childhood. A source of inspiration was the Lake District where she lived for the last thirty years of her life as a farmer and conservationist. Timothy West (1934 - 2024) was a British actor and television presenter. His acting career spanned across various mediums, from theatre stages to radio and television. Timothy was known for his roles in Brass , as well as for his appearances in Coronation Street and Eastenders , and from his travel show Great Canal Journeys, where he shared the screen with his wife, Prunella Scales (1932-). Prunella is an English actress, who received accolades for her performances in Fawlty Towers and A Question of Attribution . The couple were married for sixty years. Klappentext Late summer on Whidbey Island. After nine weeks of no rain the fire season has arrived . . . along with a fire starter who soon begins tormenting the residents of this peaceful Pacific Northwest idyll with fires that escalate in intensity. Becca King and her friends Jenn and Derric are with her at the county fair when the third fire starts in a shed housing animals. The shed is destroyed! some of the animals are killed! and Becca hears from the nearby forest the 'whispers' of the fire starter who has remained to watch the havoc. More fires ensue and the situation escalates until someone dies. Becca thinks she knows who's behind it all! but only with the help of her friends and the development of her own incipient psychic talents can the perpetrator be brought to justice. Zusammenfassung A six-CD audio box-set, which contains the entire collection of stories by Beatrix Potter, in an unabridged format. Featuring characters that children love and adore, such as Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin and others, these stories are read by a talented cast of readers, including Patricia Routledge, Timothy West, Michael Hordern, and others....
