Astercote (Puffin Books) - Softcover

Penelope Lively

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ISBN 10: 0140319735 ISBN 13: 9780140319736

Publisher: Puffin, 1987

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FANTASY-SINCE BEING WIPED OUT IN THE 14TH CENTURY BY THE BLACK DEATH,THE VILLAGE OF ASTERCOTE HAS BEEN OVERGROWN BY FOREST,BUT AS PETER AND MAIR DISCOVER,IT'S PAST STILL HAUNTS THE LOCAL COTSWOLD FOLK.HAS GOACHER,THE MAN THE CHILDREN MEET IN THE WOOD,REALLY SURVIVED FROM THE MIDDLE AGES?AND WHAT ARE THE BELLS MAIR CAN HEAR?THEN GOACHER AND THE THING HE GUARDS DISAPPEAR,PEOPLE BECOME ILL AND CROSSES ARE CHALKED ON THE DOORS OF THEIR HOUSES.PETER AND MAIR SET OUT TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF ASTERCOTE IN THIS TENSE AND EERIE STORY.

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About the Author:

Penelope Lively was born in Cairo, Egypt and spent her childhood there. She came to England at the age of twelve, in 1945, and went to boarding school in Sussex. She went on to read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. In 1957 she married Jack Lively (who died in 1998). They had two children, Josephine and Adam. Jack Lively's academic career took the family from Swansea to Sussex and Oxford, and eventually to Warwick University, where he was Professor of Politics. Penelope Lively now has six grandchildren and lives in London.

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