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The Seeing Stone : Book 1

Part of the The Arthur trilogy ; 1 series
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Set in the Welsh marches in the year 1199, The Seeing Stone is a uniquely contemporary take on the Arthurian legends.

It is an enthralling story of secrets and mysteries in the life of young Arthur Caldicot, who discovers his namesake, the boy King Arthur, in his seeing stone.

The Seeing Stone brilliantly evokes the earthy, uncomfortable reality of daily life in the Middle Ages, and of a whole community - from Gatty, the reeve's daughter to Tanwen the chamber-servant, from Oliver the priest to Lady Alice, keeper of a terrible secret - facing the conflicts and uncertainties of a new century.

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Product Details
0753821214 / 9780753821213
Paperback
823.914
20/09/2006
United Kingdom
English
Historic novels
338 p. : ill.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 203989, Points 10.00, Book Level 4.30,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Collins, 2000.
Like the novels of Philip Pullman or the Harry Potter books, this first class trilogy can be enjoyed by all ages Over 200,000 paperback copies already sold Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award; Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; Winner of the Smarties Prize, Bronze Award Rights sold in over 23 countries 'As bright and as vivid as the pictures in a Book of Hours. Deep scholarship, high imagination, and great gifts of storytelling have gone into this; I was spellbound' Philip Pullman, Guardian 'This is truly a crossover book, settling in the interesting space b
Like the novels of Philip Pullman or the Harry Potter books, this first class trilogy can be enjoyed by all ages Over 200,000 paperback copies already sold Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award; Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; Winner of the Smarties Prize, Bronze Award Rights sold in over 23 countries 'As bright and as vivid as the pictures in a Book of Hours. Deep scholarship, high imagination, and great gifts of storytelling have gone into this; I was spellbound' Philip Pullman, Guardian 'This is truly a crossover book, settling in the interesting space b YFJ Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage)