The Dark Lord of Derkholm

Informationen zum Autor DIANA WYNNE JONES was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II. The family moved around a lot, finally settling in rural Essex. As children, Diana and her two sisters were deprived of a good, steady supply of books by a father, ‘who could beat Scrooge in a meanness contest’. So, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable quest for good books to read, she decided that she would have to write them herself. Klappentext A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats... tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1999. A humorous fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones. In a world next door to ours, the tourist industry is devastating the population by its desire to experience all the fantasy clichés - Dark Lords, impoverished villages, dragons etc. The Head of the University resolves to shut the tours down; the only problem being the ruthless tour-master - and his all-powerful demons. To save them all, the incompetent wizard Derk is appointed as Dark Lord in the hope that he will ruin the tours, and sure enough proceeds to fail at everything due to his general uselessness. But can failing at everything lead to a win this time? Zusammenfassung A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats… tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature in 1999.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Wynne Jones, Diana Wynne Jones
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.08.2013
• EAN: 9780007507573
• ISBN: 978-0-00-750757-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Humorous / General, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Comic (humorous) fantasy, howl’s;adventure;classic;gaiman;funny;fantasy;wynne jones