The Golden Shadow
Published on 9. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78295-066-0 (ISBN)
Description
Across the continents of the ancient world wandered the Storyteller, enchanting all who heard him with his wondrous tales of the gods. He longed for a glimpse of the all-powerful deities of his stories, and listened eagerly to those who had experiences such encounters. And interwoven with his journey is the story of Heracles - a magnificent story with all the intense drama and high tragedy of the Greek Myths.
Reviews / Votes
The flexible, plangent prose . . . should wake the most sated reader -- The Sunday TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
311 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78295-066-0 (9781782950660)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Leon Garfield | Edward Blishen
The Golden Shadow
E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
RHCP UK Digital
€9.99
Available for download
Persons
Leon Garfield was born in Brighton in 1921. He was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults including Devil in the Fog, winner of the inaugural Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1967, The God Beneath the Sea, winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and John Diamond, winner of the 1980 Whitbread literary award. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1996.