Gothic castles, highwaymen, ghosts, pirates-and a surprising variety of cheeses The adventure begins in the middle of Lord Mangrove's funeral cortege, when cousins Alice and Lizzie are spirited away by masked riders. Next they're sold to nefarious seamen-then captured by pirates, until they're lost at sea without so much as an improving book to read The two intrepid young women discover romance, heartache, fisticuffs, and the...