Michael Morpurgo: War Child to War Horse MINT DOUBLE SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION with POSTCARD & EXCLUSIVE EXTRA STORIES

Maggie Fergusson; Michael Morpurgo

ISBN 10: 0007387261 / ISBN 13: 9780007387267

Edité par Fourth Estate, 2012

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A mint first printing in a likewise unclipped dust wrapper. This unread gift condition copy is SIGNED and Publication Day DATED 18.VII.12 by the Biographer Maggie Fergusson to the title page. A SIGNED MM bookplate is loose laid in for affixing if desired along with a related postcard.There are seven extra Michael Morpurgo stories with this superb exclusive first edition An outstanding copy. BOXED DESPATCH.

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• Titre: Michael Morpurgo: War Child to War Horse MINT DOUBLE SIGNED & PUBLICATION DAY DATED FIRST EDITION with POSTCARD & EXCLUSIVE EXTRA STORIES
• Éditeur: Fourth Estate
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0007387261
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780007387267
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: New
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

The life of Michael Morpurgo, as a biography, and autobiographical stories. Michael Morpurgo is a national treasure. With books such as 'Private Peaceful', 'Kensuke's Kingdom' and 'The Wreck of the Zanzibar' he has enchanted a whole generation of children, weaving stories for them in a way that is neither contrived nor condescending. His is a rare gift. In 2007, Michael's novel 'War Horse' was adapted for the stage by the National Theatre. Five years on, it continues to play to packed audiences of all ages and has been turned into a blockbuster film by Steven Spielberg, propelling Morpurgo to household-name status. Michael's own story is as strange and surprising as any he has written, and is shot through with the same thread of sadness found in almost all his work. How did this supremely unbookish boy who dreamed of becoming an army officer become a bestselling author and Children's Laureate instead? What personal price has he paid for success? And why, amidst his triumphs, is he now haunted by regret? In a unique collaboration, Maggie Fergusson explores Michael Morpurgo's life through seven biographical chapters, to which he responds with seven stories. The portrait that emerges is one of light and shade: the light very bright, the shade complex and often painful.

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Maggie Fergusson is Secretary of the Royal Society of Literature and Literary Editor of Intelligent Life. Her first book, George Mackay Brown: The Life, won the Saltire First Book Prize, the Marsh Biography Award, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award and the Scottish Arts Council Biography Award. Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children. He was written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Blue Peter Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His bestselling novels include Kensuke's Kingdom, Shadow, Private Peaceful, An Elephant in the Garden and Born to Run. He was made Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005, a role which took him all over the country to inspire children with the joy of reading stories.