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Children's book I once read
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When I was a nipper in the 80s, I vaguely remember getting a book out of the local children's library.
It was a children's novel, fairly lengthy for a kids book, and it was the story (I think) of a man living in an approximation to the real world but then inherited a large fantastical city as his birthright. I not sure if he was a king or prince or anything like that, maybe more that the city was his property. The city was vast and populated with a huge variety of weird and wonderful characters, including talking, intelligent and walking upright animals.
The only detail I can remember is that he had a butler called Leominster, who was an actual upright talking lion with a smart jacket and a dignified demeanour!
I am fairly certain that the book was part of a series of stories concerning this man and his getting to grips with the city (I think the city was at war with a neighbour at one point). The book were illustrated with simple children's line drawings I think, and if memory is correct the books were fairly old, possibly even first published pre-WWII.
Sorry for the lack of any real detail - but I have been trying to track down the name of this book/series for years now. Any help appreciated!
It was a children's novel, fairly lengthy for a kids book, and it was the story (I think) of a man living in an approximation to the real world but then inherited a large fantastical city as his birthright. I not sure if he was a king or prince or anything like that, maybe more that the city was his property. The city was vast and populated with a huge variety of weird and wonderful characters, including talking, intelligent and walking upright animals.
The only detail I can remember is that he had a butler called Leominster, who was an actual upright talking lion with a smart jacket and a dignified demeanour!
I am fairly certain that the book was part of a series of stories concerning this man and his getting to grips with the city (I think the city was at war with a neighbour at one point). The book were illustrated with simple children's line drawings I think, and if memory is correct the books were fairly old, possibly even first published pre-WWII.
Sorry for the lack of any real detail - but I have been trying to track down the name of this book/series for years now. Any help appreciated!
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