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The Dark Lord of Derkholm
Diana Wynne Jones
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Description for The Dark Lord of Derkholm
Paperback. A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats.. tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1999. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: YFH; YFQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 142 x 38. Weight in Grams: 350.
A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats… tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature in 1999.
A humorous fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones. In a world next door to ours, the tourist industry is devastating the population by its desire to experience all the fantasy clichés – Dark Lords, impoverished villages, dragons etc.
The Head of the University resolves to shut the tours down; the only problem ... Read more
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007507573
SKU
V9780007507573
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Ref
99-99
About Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) spent her childhood in Essex and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981 and was twice ... Read more
Reviews for The Dark Lord of Derkholm
For Diana Wynne Jones: “…Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers’ hopes and fears…” Publishers Weekly ... Read more