Caroline Hartley And The Secret Castle Adventure

Caroline Hartley has a magic key. It has allowed she and her brother Martin to secretly step through an attic door and time-travel back to 1912, at a castle they have been staying at in Central Europe. In the present, their father Chris has had an IT presentation brought forward a week at the United Nations in Vienna. This has resulted in the family leaving the castle early and returning to Bratislava, where Chris lives. The Hartley children would love to return to the castle as soon as possible, as they would like to use Carolines magic key one more time. Both wish to time-travel back to 1912 so that they can go on more adventures with their friends.

Caroline Hartley has a magic key. It has allowed she and her brother Martin to secretly step through an attic door and time-travel back to 1912, at a castle where they are staying with their father in Central Europe. One evening, whilst in 1912, the children discover Caroline’s magic key has gone missing. A frantic search with their friends fails to find it. Only the servants might know where it is, but some of them have taken time off. Caroline and Martin are stuck in 1912, unaware of the great adventure that now awaits them...

Caroline Hartley has a magic key. It has allowed her and her brother, Martin, to secretly step through an attic door and time-travel back to 1912, at the castle they have been staying at in central Europe. Unfortunately, bad weather in the present has forced them and their father, Chris, to leave the castle and go back to Bratislava. The Hartley children would love to return to the castle as they would like to use Carolines magic key again. Both wish to time-travel back to 1912, where they can meet their friends, who have invited them to see the inspection of the fleet in Trieste, Austria-Hungary. Caroline is currently unsure if this will be possible.

Caroline Hartley is a typical teenager who lives in Welwyn Garden City. She is about to finish her classes at the end of the school summer term. Whilst at school her mother receives a brown padded envelope that has a Zurich postmark on. It is addressed to ‘Ms C. Hartley’. Thinking it is addressed to her ex-husband Chris, who has a bank account in Switzerland, she asks her daughter to give it to him. Caroline’s parents are divorced. Her father lives in Slovakia. This year Caroline and her brother Martin will spend some of their summer holiday with their father. All are curious to know what is inside the envelope? The children soon embark on a mysterious journey, where they discover a world away from the one they know...

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