The House with a Clock in its Walls: 1973-2023

 
2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dial publishing John Bellairs's The House with a Clock in its Walls, the first book in the long-running Lewis Barnavelt series and the first of several young adult novels.

Something About Vesuvian Victims

Spero autem quod in pett sed planeta rutilans.

Something About Evaristus

Eye Opening Trivia, Part 1.

Something About Disappearing Islands

How can we be wrong? Sail away with them to another world!

Something About Scary Ghost Stories

No tales of the Plaça de les Glòries. Sorry.

Something About the Crusader

And either victory, or else a grave.

Something About the Obelisk of Theodosius

Oh, pointy pointy.

Something About the Julius Caesar Statue

Give him a statue with his ancestors.

Something About the Charlemagne Statue

Magic to do.

Something About Wonderful Things

Man upside down, ripple of water, ankh. Ankh!

Something About the Godfrey Bouillon Statue

Well stocked.

Something About Thorn

Ye of little faith.

Something About the Witch House

And a familiar unknown.

Something About Occult Britain

Ghosts will haunt it still.

Something About Old English

Rædan Ye Olde Englisc.