1957, UK, Atheneum ISBN 1-0, Pub date ? January 1957, hardback.1955, UK, Puffin Books ISBN ?, Pub date ? ? 1955, paperback (First edition). John – Rosemary's friend, and the nephew of Mrs Brown's employer.Mrs Cantrip – kidnapper of Carbonel and a (semi-retired) witch.Rosemary's mother, a poor widow and seamstress.Main characters in "Carbonel: the King of the Cats" Rosemary, together with her new friend John, have to learn a little witchcraft themselves, and then track down Mrs Cantrip to obtain her, at best ambivalent, help. Unfortunately, he cannot return to his throne until the enslavement spell Mrs Cantrip cast on him is undone. Moreover, the cat, Carbonel, just happens to be King of the Cats, presumed missing by his subjects since the witch abducted him. When the cat starts talking to Rosemary, she learns that the woman is a witch, selling her possessions to start a new career. A girl named Rosemary buys a broom and a cat from Mrs Cantrip, an untidy woman in the market place.
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