Count Karlstein or The ride of the Demon Huntsman

PULLMAN, Philip

ISBN 10: 0385400489 / ISBN 13: 9780385400480

Published by Doubleday, UK, 1991

About this Item

Hardback: ex school library: plastic covered dj taped to boards, library labels on front and spine, a few internal stamps etc, some page corners creased and a few marks, else g. wide 8vo, 112pp. With pictures by PATRICE AGGS.

Seller Inventory # 12H222

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Count Karlstein or The ride of the Demon Huntsman
• Publisher: Doubleday, UK
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385400489
• ISBN 13: 9780385400480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Patrice Aggs
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's

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.No one in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their home on All Souls Eve - the night Zamiel, the Demon Huntsman comes to claim his prey.But the evil Count Karlstein has struck a terrible bargin with Zamiel, and so the lives of his young nieces, Lucy and Charlotte,are in danger. Their only hope lies with Hildi, a castle maidservant, and her fearless brother, Peter. Can they save the girls from their dreadful fate? Only one thing is certain - the Demon Huntsman will not return to his dark wood unsatisfied!

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.