The Stolen Lake
First edition | |
| Author | Joan Aiken |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Pat Marriot |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Alternate history, Children's novel |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 0-224-01924-4 |
| Preceded by | Nightbirds on Nantucket |
| Followed by | The Cuckoo Tree |
The Stolen Lake is a 1981 children's novel by Joan Aiken. Taking place in an alternate history, the story follows the adventures of Dido Twite in a fictionalized version of South America.
The novel is, according to the internal chronology of the novels, the fourth in the Wolves Chronicles, a collection of books set during the fictional 19th-century reign of King James III. In this world, part of South America is inhabited by Ancient British (Celtic) colonists following an invasion that occurred hundreds of years prior.