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The King of Christmas
Carol Ann Duffy
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Description for The King of Christmas
Hardback. Illustrator(s): Hawthorne, Lara. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 110.
On a frosty winter evening, the Baron watches the snow fall. He is bored and worried. It will soon be Christmas and everything is too quiet. What can he do to bring excitement to the Manor? His wife, the Baroness, has an idea: he can appoint a King of Christmas, a peasant to take his place. And so begin twelve days of chaos, anarchy and merriment . . . Inspired by the medieval tradition of appointing a Lord of Misrule, Carol Ann Duffy's warm and enchanting Christmas poem takes us into a topsy-turvy world ... Read more
On a frosty winter evening, the Baron watches the snow fall. He is bored and worried. It will soon be Christmas and everything is too quiet. What can he do to bring excitement to the Manor? His wife, the Baroness, has an idea: he can appoint a King of Christmas, a peasant to take his place. And so begin twelve days of chaos, anarchy and merriment . . . Inspired by the medieval tradition of appointing a Lord of Misrule, Carol Ann Duffy's warm and enchanting Christmas poem takes us into a topsy-turvy world ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509834570
SKU
9781509834570
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poetry has received many awards, including the Signal Prize for Children's Verse, the Whitbread, Forward and T. S. Eliot Prizes, and the Lannan and E. M. Forster Prize in America. She was appointed Poet Laureate of the United ... Read more
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