The Crowfield Curse - Hardcover

Walsh, Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545229227 ISBN 13: 9780545229227

Publisher: Chicken House, 2010

Synopsis

A buried angel! When a hobgoblin confesses the horrible secret of Crowfield Abbey to the monks' apprentice, the boy is drawn into a haunting medieval mystery and a world of Old Magic.

An angel is buried behind the abbey! It's 1347, and Will, an orphan boy, lives and works as an apprentice of the Crowfield monks. Sent into the forest to gather firewood, he stumbles across a trapped, wounded creature no bigger than a cat.The little goblin shares a terrible secret: Buried deep in the snow behind the monastery is an angel. But, Will wonders, how can an angel die? And what does this angel have to do with the history of Crowfield? When two cloaked strangers show up and start asking questions, Will is drawn into a dangerous world of Old Magic.

About this title

About the Author:

Pat Walsh is a trained archaeologist as well as an amateur historian, inspired by the rich mythology of Britain. Born in a haunted house in Kent, she now lives in Bedfordshire, England, with her husband and children. THE CROWFIELD DEMON is the sequel to THE CROWFIELD CURSE, her debut novel. Visit her at www.pat-walsh.com.

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From The Crowfield Curse

"Kill me, why don't you?" said a voice weak with pain. "What's one hob more or less?" Startled, Will scrambled to his feet and stared at the grass. A pair of large green eyes, flecked with splinters of gold, stared back.

It was a creature the likes of which he had never before seen....

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0545229227
• ISBN 13: 9780545229227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336