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Gawain and the Green Knight (Real Reads)
Christine Kidney
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Description for Gawain and the Green Knight (Real Reads)
Paperback. One of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight magically combines elements of fairy tale and heroic sagas with the pageantry, chivalry and courtly love of medieval Romance. Illustrator(s): Bennett, Felix. Series: Real Reads. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 133 x 198 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
A horrific apparition interrupts the Christmas festivities at King Arthur's Camelot. A green giant throws down a deadly challenge: one of the gathering must cut off his head, after which he will return the favour in a year's time! King Arthur must accept this challenge or appear a coward, but it's left to young Sir Gawain to act. Gawain chops off the giant's head and, horror of horrors, the giant strides over to pick up his head, which then begins to speak. He holds Sir Gawain to his promise, and rides off into the wintry night. A year passes and ... Read more
A horrific apparition interrupts the Christmas festivities at King Arthur's Camelot. A green giant throws down a deadly challenge: one of the gathering must cut off his head, after which he will return the favour in a year's time! King Arthur must accept this challenge or appear a coward, but it's left to young Sir Gawain to act. Gawain chops off the giant's head and, horror of horrors, the giant strides over to pick up his head, which then begins to speak. He holds Sir Gawain to his promise, and rides off into the wintry night. A year passes and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Real Reads
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Real Reads
Condition
New
Weight
147g
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906230869
SKU
V9781906230869
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Christine Kidney
Felix Bennett grew up in Bradford in northern England, and cut short a maths and astronomy degree at University College, London, in order to spend more time as an illustrator. He trained at Bradford, then at the Camberwell School of Art. He now lives and works in London. Educated in English at Cambridge University, Christine Kidney runs a successful editorial ... Read more
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