AustLit
Alternative title:
Jocelyn Osgood - After the Puce Empress
Is part of
Cairo Jim
1991
series - author
children's fiction
(number
3
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
1993...
1993
After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure
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'While on a stormbound flight to Shanghai, a mysterious old man from Manchuria thrusts a strange object into the hand of Jocelyn Osgood, the well-known flight attendant with Valkyrian Airways. The old man inexplicably disappears in mid-flight, leaving Jocelyn with a clue to the whereabouts of a priceless treasure from Chinese antiquity - one that holds the very secret to pure magic ...'
'With advice from Cairo Jim, Jocelyn and her friend Joan Twilight embark upon the search for the Puce Empress, a search which takes them to China's mountainous and uncertain south.
'But Gordon Slenderhead, that renowned prestidigitator, is also after the Puce Empress, and his devious desire is all-consuming...' (Source: back cover).
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it is set in China.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 29)
— Review of After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 38 no. 1 1994; (p. 28)
— Review of After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 1 no. 4 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure 1993 single work novel
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Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 38 no. 1 1994; (p. 28)
— Review of After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 9 no. 3 1994; (p. 29)
— Review of After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure 1993 single work novel -
Untitled
1993
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 1 no. 4 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of After the Puce Empress : A Jocelyn Osgood Adventure 1993 single work novel
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