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1901: Three sisters disappear without trace on the Norfolk fens
The Golden Key
What you need to know before your trail
1901. After the death of Queen Victoria, England heaves with the uncanny. Séances are held and the dead are called upon from darker realms.
Helena Walton-Cisneros, known for her ability to find the lost and the displaced, is hired by the elusive Lady Matthews to solve a twenty-year-old mystery: the disappearance of her three stepdaughters who vanished without a trace on the Norfolk Fens.
But the Fens are an age-old land, where folk tales and dark magic still linger. The locals speak of devilmen and catatonic children are found on the Broads. Here, Helena finds what she was sent for, as the Fenland always gives up its secrets, in the end…
Locations
Reset- England - London
- A: Gower Street
- B: British Museum
- England - Norfolk
- C: Norfolk Fens
- D: RSPB Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style to the Norfolk Fens
The Norfolk fens are the land of dark magic and mystery. No-one really lives there apart from the fairy folk , folk lore and the and perhaps the devil himself. There are villages around the fens and they have communities whose lives have been influenced or affected by what they live near to. This landscape captures the imagination and the thirst for storytelling and folklore.
It’s dark, dank, mysterious and remote. Cold and unwelcoming. Misty and morbid. Setting the perfect scene for the mystery and magic which seems to linger here…
However, danger lurks not far away – why have children been disappearing? Why have some been found behaving strangely. Who or what lurks in these parts?
With intrigue and danger there are people who dabble in the dark arts and those who claim to know things others don’t. Fact or fantasy on the Fens?
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Golden Key
Destination/location: Norfolk Author/guide: Marian Womack Departure Time: 1901
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