Dragon Rider
Language: English
Published by The Chicken House, Frome, 2004
Series: Book 1 of 3 - Dragon Rider
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Seller: Silver Trees Books, Malvern, WORCS, United KingdomSilver Trees Books
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Mint book in clean, fresh blue cloth covers with very bright silver gilt titles to spine. Internally mint; one of a SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to the title page; one of a LIMITED EDITION of 500 this being No.169; red end papers; the books own bookmark loosely inserted. The dust jacket is mint and not price clipped. The slip case is also in mint condition. A lovely copy.
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- Title
- Dragon Rider
- Author
- Cornelia Funke
- Publisher
- The Chicken House, Frome
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New Jacket & Slip CaseSlip
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1903434904
- ISBN 13
- 9781903434901
- Illustrator
- The Author
- Edition
- First Limited UK Edition
- Series
- Book 1 of 3: Dragon Rider
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Review
Aimed at slightly younger readers than her previous novels, despite its massive five hundred pages, Dragon Rider is about a brave young dragon called Firedrake who embarks upon a dangerous journey to the Rim of Heaven in the Himalayas--a magical place where silver dragons can rest easy, free from the threat of destruction by mankind and their only hope of sanctuary. The key to its location is a map rendered by a rat who is a master cartographer.
Firedrake is joined on his quest by Ben, an orphaned boy, and Sorrell--a wise-cracking Brownie that is an odd, but ingenious, grumpy kind of fairy. Their journey is not a straightforward one by any means. Created by an alchemist called Petrosius Henbane in 1424, Nettlebrand (a malevolent creature covered in impenetrable gold plates) is their biggest threat--he is intent on destroying them. Nettlebrand is aided by Twigleg, a homunculus who has stowed away in Ben's bag and who is feeding reports on their progress back to his master.
Their exciting encounters are many... It is easy to forgive the narrative's excessive length when readers are gorging on such a wonderfully inventive and readable story from an author who has her readers in the palm of her hand on every page. (Age 9 and over) --John McLay
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