Count Karlstein, or the Ride of the Demon Huntsman - Couverture rigide

Pullman, Philip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385400489 ISBN 13 : 9780385400480

Editeur : Doubleday, 1991

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

No one in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their homes on All Souls' Eve - the night Zamiel the Demon Huntsman comes to claim his prey.

But the evil Count Karlstein has struck a terrible bargain with Zamiel, and so the lives of his two young nieces, Lucy and Charlotte, are in danger. Their only hope lies with Hildi, a castle maidservant, and her fearless brother Peter. Can they save the girls from their dreadful fate? Only one thing is certain - the Demon Huntsman will not return to his dark wood unsatisfied!

A deliciously terrifying and wickedly funny Gothic tale, Count Karlstein is the first-ever children's book by Philip Pullman, winner of the Whitbread Award, the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Fiction Award and two Smarties Awards. Originally published in 1982, this new edition of Count Karlstein is a treat no Pullman fan should miss.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher.

Two young girls are in danger: their wicked uncle has made a bargain to hand them over to the terrifying Demon Huntsman, and it's up to a young maidservant called Hildi to rescue them.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0385400489
• ISBN 13: 9780385400480
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Illustrateur: Aggs Patrice