Count Karlstein : The Novel

Pullman Philip.

ISBN 10: 0385605110 / ISBN 13: 9780385605113

Published by Doubleday, London, 2002

About this Item

A deliciously terrifying and wickedly funny gothic tale.

Seller Inventory # 01540

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Count Karlstein : The Novel
• Publisher: Doubleday, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385605110
• ISBN 13: 9780385605113
• Binding: Hard Cover/Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic

About this title

Synopsis

Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher.

Two young girls are in danger: their wicked uncle has made a bargain to hand them over to the terrifying Demon Huntsman, and it's up to a young maidservant called Hildi to rescue them.

About the Author

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly acclaimed children's authors of the decade. He has been on the shortlist of just about every major children's book award in the last few years, and has won the Smarties Prize (Gold Award, 9-11 age category) for THE FIREWORK-MAKER'S DAUGHTER and the prestigious Carnegie Medal for NORTHERN LIGHTS. He was the first children's author ever to win the Whitbread Prize for his novel THE AMBER SPYGLASS.