{"product_id":"the-27th-kingdom-9781559212502","title":"The 27th Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Roman Catholic Russian ancestors of Aunt Irene  the central character in Alice Thomas Elliss new novel  were persecuted and forced to flee to Ukraine  Lithuania  Austria \"or as the story-tellers would have it  across 27 lands and 30 countries until they came to the 27th Kingdom.\" For the good  kind and infinitely friendly Aunt Irene  her handsome but wicked nephew  Kyril  and Focus  a cat of alarming intelligence  this is \"Dancing Master House \" a minute dwelling in the Chelsea of the 1950s  with its motley assortment of antique dealers  criminals and \"chars.\" Two of these gossiping women  Mrs. OConnor and Mrs. Mason  one \"dead common\" with criminal connections  the other an impoverished lady of the upper classes  clean for and take care of the needs of Aunt Irene and Kyril. From Wales  Irenes sister  the Mother Superior  sends Valentine  a beautiful young West Indian postulant  ostensibly \"to test her vocation\" but really because of the embarrassing discovery that Valentine has miraculous powers. The adventures of this strangely disparate group of people  stalked by an official trying to collect Aunt Irenes unpaid income tax  provide the basis for a story about angels and demons in a style which epitomizes the refreshing eccentricities of English humor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529535873077,"sku":"ByrdShop_1559212500","price":252.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781559212502_253f3ab5-020c-4f92-901f-691db7edd1b4.jpg?v=1780936823","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-27th-kingdom-9781559212502","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}