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Language: English
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992
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- Title
- The Emperor's Winding Sheet
- Author
- Walsh, Jill Paton
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0374421218
- ISBN 13
- 9780374421212
- Item weight
- 0.75 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the monarch.
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About the Author
Jill Paton Walsh was born in London and was educated at Oxford. She currently lives in Cambridge where, with John Rowe Townsend, she runs a small specialist imprint, Green Bay Publications.
She is the author of many award-winning books for children. She won the Book World Festival Award in 1970 for Fireweed: the Whitbread Prize in 1974 for The Emperor's Winding Sheet: the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1976 for Unleaving; the Universe Prize in 1984 for A Parcel of Patterns and the Smarties Prize Grand Prix in 1986 for Gaffer Samson's Luck.
She is the author of many award-winning books for children. She won the Book World Festival Award in 1970 for Fireweed: the Whitbread Prize in 1974 for The Emperor's Winding Sheet: the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1976 for Unleaving; the Universe Prize in 1984 for A Parcel of Patterns and the Smarties Prize Grand Prix in 1986 for Gaffer Samson's Luck.
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