The Raven Waits - Hardcover
Based on the epic story of Beowulf, this original novel is seen through the eyes of Hrethric, son of the king and heir to the throne of the Scylding Kingdom. For 12 years, the monster Grendel has laid waste to the kingdom, but the arrival of a new hero, beowulf, brings new danger.
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June Oldham is the prize-winning author of more than a dozen books for children and adults. She was brought up in Lincolnshire, read English at university and has two children. June has taught in colleges of further education and enjoys walking on the moors. She is married to an actor and has lived in Yorkshire for over twenty years, where she sets many of her novels.
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marvellously atmospheric * GLASGOW HERALD * Strange, mythical story set in the dim past that revolves around the epic tale of Beowulf. An unusual novel for dedicated lovers of fantasy. * MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS * ... frankly astonishing for the sheer force of June Oldham's imgination. The whole book is marvellous ... it's a real shocker, but it is also first rate literature. * YORKSHIRE REVIEW OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS * ... notable for superbly evoked landscape and crushing atmosphere of menace ... * THE GUARDIAN * Takes you by the throat and shakes you * Armadillo *
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- PublisherAquila Pub. Co.
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0727502530
- ISBN 13 9780727502537
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages128
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The Raven Waits
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Abelard-Schuman Limited, U.S.A.
(1979)
ISBN 10: 0727502530
ISBN 13: 9780727502537
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition book and DJ price clipped. Ex library. 127 pages good and clean with clear print. Foxing on edge of pages and minor foxing on end papers. Pages tightly bound and good. "The night remained silent. but the cold began to change. Still freezing, it dripped moistly out of the blackness and all who waited knew that it was nearly time.". Seller Inventory # 022382
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