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Synopsis
His journey back to Spain interrupted by shipwreck, loss of memory, and a stay in a forbidding French monastery, twelve-year-old Felix finally continues his journey in the company of a mysterious boy that he had rescued from hanging. Sequel to "Go saddle the sea."Felix, a shipwreck victim, and Juan, rescued from bandits, attempt to escape from a monastery ruled by a sinister abbot, who is an immortal incarnation of evil itself, in a tale set during the 1820s in France
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"Joan Aiken has outdone herself here . . . In its ambition, its invention, its maturity of vision and its verbal artistry, "Bridle the Wind"puts most novels for adults to shame."--"Washington Post Book World"
"Joan Aiken has outdone herself here . . . In its ambition, its invention, its maturity of vision and its verbal artistry, "Bridle the Wind" puts most novels for adults to shame."--"Washington Post Book World"
"Joan Aiken has outdone herself here . . . In its ambition, its invention, its maturity of vision and its verbal artistry, Bridle the Wind puts most novels for adults to shame."--Washington Post Book World
About the Author
Joan Aiken, daughter of the American writer Conrad Aiken, was born in Rye, Sussex, England, and has written more than sixty books for children, including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape Ltd
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0224021370
- ISBN 13 9780224021371
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
- IllustratorMarriott P.
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