Synopsis Johnny Dixon and Fergie discover that their friend Professor Childermass has been hiding a decrepit old trolley car that works as a time machine. The three use the trolley to go to Constantinople during the Turkish invasion of 1453. While the Professor wants to help a group of Byzantines in a church, Johnny and Fergie try to stop him, and in doing so, risk being trapped in time forever!
Johnny Dixon and Professor Childermass discover a trolley which transports them back to Constantinople in 1453 as the Turks are invading the Byzantine Empire.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1996-02-01 | | Edition Description: | Reissue |
| Size | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note In the sixth John Dixon story, Johnny and Professor Childermass have boarded a time trolley which takes them back to Constantinople during the Turkish invasion in 1453. Now they have to find a way back before they are taken prisoner.
Why is Professor Childermass acting so strange? Johnny Dixon and his friend Fergie decide to sneak over to the professors house to investigate. What they find is wilder than anything they could have imagined, for the professor leads them through a secret cellar door and onto a rickety old trolley. It's a time machine to yesterdays, and soon Johnny and Fergie are off on the ride of their lives: to Constantinople during the Turkish invasion of 1453!As the Byzantine Empire prepares for battle, the professor decides to try to save the people hiding in the Church of the Holy Wisdom. But Johnny and Fergie. Desperate to stop him, have hitched a ride, recklessly unaware that they risk their lives--and risk being lost in the past...forever!
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