Five Go to Smuggler's Top

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Five Go to Smuggler's Top
Original 1945 first edition cover
Author	Enid Blyton
Cover artist	Eileen Alice Soper
Language	English
Series	The Famous Five series
Genre	Mystery, Adventure novel
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date	1945
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Preceded by	Five Run Away Together (1944)
Followed by	Five Go Off In A Caravan (1946)

Five Go to Smuggler's Top is the fourth book in the Famous Five series by the British author Enid Blyton.

Plot summary

Siblings Julian, Dick and Anne are spending the Easter school holidays with their cousin George at her parents’ house, Kirrin Cottage. Kirrin Cottage is in a very windy place.

After a tree falls on the house, the four children are sent to Smuggler's Top, the home of Mr. Lenoir, a fellow-scientist of George's father, Uncle Quentin. Smuggler's Top is a queer house at the summit of an old hilltop coastal town, partly surrounded by dangerous marsh. The children are welcomed by Pierre "Sooty" Lenoir (Julian's and Dick's schoolmate and Mr. Lenoir's stepson) and his half-sister Marybelle. Mr Lenoir hates dogs, so George's dog Timmy is hidden in a secret passage. One night, the boys spot a light flashing in the house's tower. They suspect the signaller may be Block, the house's sinister, apparently deaf manservant, but he appears to be sleeping in his bedroom at the time. Uncle Quentin comes to stay with them and intends to sell Mr. Lenoir a plan for draining the marsh. However, Uncle Quentin is kidnapped, along with Sooty, by a local smuggler named Mr Barling, who fears the planned draining of the marsh will bring an end to his smuggling business. The children find yet another secret underground passage, leading to where Sooty and Uncle Quentin are being held captive by Barling and his henchman, who have been assisted by Block. Timmy attacks the kidnappers, allowing the captives and the children to escape. The police arrive to capture the smugglers. Outside the tunnels, Timmy is almost sucked down into the marsh but is saved by Uncle Quentin, assisted by Julian.

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v t e The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton novels	Five on a Treasure Island (1942) Five Go Adventuring Again (1943) Five Run Away Together (1944) Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1945) Five Go Off in a Caravan (1946) Five on Kirrin Island Again (1947) Five Go Off to Camp (1948) Five Get into Trouble (1949) Five Fall into Adventure (1950) Five on a Hike Together (1951) Five Have a Wonderful Time (1952) Five Go Down to the Sea (1953) Five Go to Mystery Moor (1954) Five Have Plenty of Fun (1955) Five on a Secret Trail (1956) Five Go to Billycock Hill (1957) Five Get into a Fix (1958) Five on Finniston Farm (1960) Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1961) Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1962) Five Are Together Again (1963)
Film adaptations	Five on a Treasure Island (1957) Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964) Five Get into Trouble (1970) Famous Five (2012)
Television adaptations	The Famous Five (1978–1979) The Famous Five (1995–1997) Famous 5: On the Case (2008) The Famous Five (2023–)
See also	Five Go Mad in Dorset

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