Book One of the 'Bertie & Winnie' Series. It's time for an adventure... Bertie Longfellow is an old sea dog, a wirehaired dachshund to be precise, hiding away in an idyllic coastal cottage far from his native England. He is a bit set in his ways and wants nothing more than a little peace and quiet. Having put his past firmly behind him, he spends his days in his dory or by his fireside with only a talkative budgie for company. That is, until a shy young red dachshund named Winnie Wigglesworth comes along and turns that world upside down. A charming tale told chiefly in stories and letters, The Tales of Bertie & Winnie enchants its readers with memories of long-lost love, far-flung relatives, tantalizing royal connections, a whiff of intrigue - and the extraordinary efforts of one long dog and her friends on both sides of the Atlantic to "rewrite" it all with a suitably happy ending.