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The Prisoners of September
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Prisoners of September
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Leon Garfield
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781782950776
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Random House Children's UK
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| Imprint |
Red Fox Classics
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| Publication Date |
28 December 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
A compelling mix of tragedy and comedy set in the French Revolution, from acclaimed writer Leon Garfield. Two boys, Lewis and Richard, travel to paris in 1789 for very different reasons, and find their ideals challenged in the events of the French Revolution and the September massacre.
Author Biography
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.
ReviewsA richly exuberant blend of elaborately plotted narrative, weaving between the comic, the tender and the macabre * The Prisoners of September *
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