The incorrigible children of ashton place are no ordinary children, miss penelope lumley is no ordinary governess, and mysteries abound in this first volume in a new series for ages 9+. Found running wild in the forest o...The incorrigible children of ashton place are no ordinary children, miss penelope lumley is no ordinary governess, and mysteries abound in this first volume in a new series for ages 9+. Found running wild in the forest of ashton place, the incorrigibles are no ordinary children: alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle, is alarmingly adept at chasing squirrels.