Wings Over Delft - Softcover

Flegg, Aubrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862787963 ISBN 13: 9780862787967

Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd,The, 2003

Synopsis

Book by AUBREY FLEGG

About this title

About the Author:

Aubrey Flegg was born in Dublin. His early childhood was spent in County Sligo, Ireland. He went to school in Dublin and later in England. After a spell with a mountain rescue team in Scotland, he returned to Ireland to study geology at Trinity College. He then did geological research in Kenya, before joining the Geological Survey of Ireland in 1968. Aubrey recently took early retirement in order to concentrate on writing. His first book, Katie's War, is about the civil war period in Ireland; it was published in 1997. Katie's War has recently won the Peter Pan Award 2000 -- an award created by IBBY Sweden for a children's book, translated into Swedish, which gives information on another culture. Wings Over Delft, the first book in the Louise trilogy, won the Bisto Book of the Year overall award in 2004.

Review:

'A wonderful story set in a very exciting time, the quality of the writing is superb and the ending unforgettably moving. A must for the school library.' -- Pat Williams - The School Librarian * The School Librarian * 'I found myself captivated ... And as for the sequel? Can't wait.' -- Jamilla Gavin, Children's Whitbread Award-Winner 'an exquisitely crafted novel which will stay in the reader's memory long after the closing pages are read.' -- Valerie Coghlan - Inis Magazine * Inis Magazine * 'A story full of individual stories, each of which contributes to a final picture which is immensely rich and colourful ... It is one of Flegg's most impressive achievements that he portrays so credibly a society (and indeed a Europe) on the verge of numerous forms of discovery, not least about itself ... An assured piece of writing which more than fulfils the promise expressed in the Whitman lines which serve as its epigraph: "You shall listen to all sides and filter them from yourself".' -- Robert Dunbar - The Irish Times * The Irish Times * 'The gentle love story takes the reader through dark intrigue, religious unrest and the palpable, cultural atmosphere of life in a Dutch city, to an unexpected conclusion. A well-tailored and absorbing read for adults as well as for age 12-plus.' -- The Sunday Tribune * The Sunday Tribune *

About this edition

• Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd,The
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0862787963
• ISBN 13: 9780862787967
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 189