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La Belle Sauvage

La Belle Sauvage 2

The Book of Dust, Volume 1

by Philip Pullman
Paperback
Publication Date: 19/10/2017
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Philip Pullman returns to the world of His Dark Materials with this magnificent first volume of The Book of Dust.

Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford.

Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live.

Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua...

ISBN:
9780857561084
9780857561084
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
19-10-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
David Fickling Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
448
Dimensions (mm):
234x153x39mm
Weight:
0.72kg

Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today.

Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern classic.

It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. In 2005 he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.

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Smashed out this book in a couple of days - it was a really good prequel to the His Dark Materials series and helped with the back story. Absolutely loved it.

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If there was ever a character that deserved an origin story, that would be Lyra Belacqua of Philip Pullman’s essential His Dark Materials trilogy. Thankfully Pullman saw fit to give us one, because La Belle Sauvage is both the perfect start to that incredible series and a stunning book in its own right.

Taking place ten years before the events of Northern Lights and telling the story of how exactly Lyra ended up in Jordan College, La Belle Sauvage is Pullman’s magnificent return to the world of Dust and dæmons, and it sings with the same intrigue and wonder that the original trilogy inspired. If you’ve loved the original books and want to introduce your kids to this incredible narrative world, look no further than La Belle Sauvage. Or read it yourself and be astounded all over again...

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