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FuzzyBoots
Since: Jan, 2001
7th Apr, 2014 11:17:16 AM
Asked my mother and she didn't remember. I'll try to look it up the next time I'm in Kentucky, I guess.
FuzzyBoots
Since: Jan, 2001
11th Jan, 2015 10:19:06 AM
Bumping this one.
This one is bugging me horribly. There were at least two books in the series, involved a set of kids in modern times living in a medieval castle (I don't remember why, but I'm pretty sure that their parents were there and there was something involving restoration). I read it as a kid, so it was published by 1990 at least. Plotwise, I remember that there was something sinister going on with the workmen, possibly looking for a hidden treasure. To try to suss out what was going on, the kids make their own sort of boom mike with a fishing pole and a tape-recorder so that they can listen in. Eventually, the kids find the hidden chamber, which required access via a secret door lever. I remember that it was semi-educational with a lot of information about the construction of real castles. I want to say that they made mention of how historical castles had spiral staircases that ascended clockwise because it meant that the defenders had their right hand free while attackers would be forced to use their left hand or have their attacks blocked by the central column.