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Synopsis
When Major Palfrey is held captive by the evil Count Hulagu Bloot, the major's twin daughters, Dinah and Dorinda, join forces with a local witch to rescue him
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About the Author
Eric Linklater (1899–1974) wrote scores of novels for adults and children. He also was a journalist in India, commander of a wartime fortress in the Orkney Islands, and rector of Aberdeen University.
Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978) drew the pictures for the first edition of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
Review
“Eric Linklater’s The Wind on the Moon . . . winner of the Carnegie Award, is a wildly inventive fantasy that just begs to be read aloud.” —The Horn Book Magazine
“A wildly eccentric adventure of two sisters who set out on a complicated mission to rescue their father from prison in an enemy country. With a motley crew of characters, including not only the obligatory governess but also a splendid dancing master, this is a gloriously unpredictable tale of escalating bad behavior, magical transformations, slapstick humor, sophisticated satire and, throughout, a war-time preoccupation with food, involving irresistibly detailed lists.” —The Guardian
“Hand it to your youngest and he will undoubtedly be highly entertained by the saga of Dinah and Dorinda and their misdeeds; give it to your best friend and he will be entertained by the delicate satire on every page.” —The Boston Globe
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0140305432
- ISBN 13 9780140305432
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages303
- IllustratorNicolas Bentley
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). Linklater, Eric. The wind on the moon / illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1972. First Puffin edition. Paperback, Good. Diagonal crease to front cover, spine sunned. Binding strong. 302pp., b/w illustrations. Edges of page block lightly tanned. Contents clean and bright. Eric Robert Russell Linklater CBE (8 March 1899 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish poet, fiction writer, military historian, and travel writer. For The Wind on the Moon, a children's fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association. Opening in the fictitious village of Midmeddlecum, evidently in contemporary rural England, it features two girls whose father is absent during a war. They pursue magical, bizarre, or dangerous experiences. A "wind on the moon" is said to be the cause, "making them behave badly for a year". RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Seller Inventory # ABE-1709067193584
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Condition: Good. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator). Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.4. Seller Inventory # 353-0140305432-gdd
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