Blood Red Horse: 1 (Degranville Trilogy) - Softcover

Grant, K M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802777341 ISBN 13: 9780802777348

Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2006

Synopsis

You need three things to become a brave and noble knight:
A warhorse.
A fair maiden.
A just cause.

Will has a horse-a small chestnut stallion with a white blaze in his brow. Ellie is a fair maiden, but she's supposed to marry Will's older brother, Gavin. And as for the cause, King Richard is calling for a Crusade. The Knights of England must go to the Holy Land to fight.

Will and Gavin will go. Blood will be shed. Lives will be taken. But through it all, two things will be constant-Ellie, and a blood-red horse called Hosanna. . . .

About this title

Review:

... this really is unputdownable, featuring great characters, plenty of action and some unforgettable moments. -- The Bookseller, January 2004

Atmospheric and evocative ... a terrifically exciting novel. -- Ink Magazine, March 2004

Green Jasper is one of the best books I have ever read. -- W. H. Smith customer reviews May 2005, Alex Bailey

These books are tense and exciting - great reads for boys and girls ... -- Undercover, June 2005

the book (Blood Red Horse)is not soon forgotten and lends itself to great discussion -- US School Library Journal 2005

From the Author:

Blood Red Horse is the first book in the de Granville trilogy. Green Jasper begins 3 weeks after Blood Red Horse ends and Blaze of Silver, which will come out in 2007, begins a few months after Green Jasper closes, so all three books, as well as standing alone, make one continuous story. I have just finished writing Blaze of Silver and have grown so fond of Will, Gavin, Ellie, Kamil and, of course, Hosanna, that I found it hard to say goodbye to them.History! What else is it but a giant story? And I am very lucky, because my family history has been written down so that I am always bumping into ancestors who have done strange things. They must have gone on crusade. Then, in 1746, one was executed in the gristliest possible way, and the travels of his head, before it was eventually reunited with the body, are the subject of my next book, to be published in 2006, called How The Hangman Lost His Heart. Another relation managed to tell Napoleon all the things he needed to know before he escaped from Elba. With ancestors like these, I had a cast of characters ready and waiting with which to people my books. Not just nice people either. I'm sure we had our share of men like Piers de Scabious, the villain of Blood Red Horse and Green Jasper.with very best wishes,
Katie Grant

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802777341
• ISBN 13: 9780802777348
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320