eBook Dark Lord of Derkholm (Gollancz) download
by Diana Wynne Jones
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Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Gollancz (January 13, 2000)
Language: English
Pages: 328
ePub: 1555 kb
Fb2: 1341 kb
Rating: 4.2
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Category: Pseudoscience
Part of Derkholm series by Diana Wynne Jones. The towns and countryside are being devastated. If the army of the Dark Lord doesn’t march through and sack my city, then the Forces of Good do it next time
Part of Derkholm series by Diana Wynne Jones. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. DEDICATION. If the army of the Dark Lord doesn’t march through and sack my city, then the Forces of Good do it next time.
Dark Lord of Derkholm book. Published August 2003 by Gollancz (first published 1998)
Dark Lord of Derkholm book. Published August 2003 by Gollancz (first published 1998). Dark Lord of Derkholm. 0575075368 (ISBN13: 9780575075368). Diana Wynne Jones is one of those authors who writes wittily and absurdly at the same time, weaving bizarre ideas together into a mix that perhaps should not work as well as it does.
This is a retelling of a story everyone has heard before. A group of travellers get pulled from our world into a fantastical world full of magic. They go on a adventure where they meet enemies who want to get in their way and a prophecy that determines their destiny. They overcome more and more dangerous obstacles, more or less in one piece, before reaching the Dark Lord and defeating him and destroying his evil empire.
The Dark Lord of Derkholm, simply Dark Lord of Derkholm in the United States, is a fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones, published autumn 1998 in both the . It won the 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. The novel is a parody, for its setting is a mock high fantasy world, similar to that Jones covered in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (. 1996), a humorous travel guide on the Rough Guide model
Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones. p. cm. Summary: Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.
Dark Lord of Derkholm, by Diana Wynne Jones. ISBN 0-688-16004-2 I. Title. Pz. 684Dar 1998 97-32661 CIP AC. For all my grandchildren.
Dark Lord of Derkholm is a very, very funny book-providing you're familiar with the genre and tropes it's satirizing. I love Diana Wynne Jones novels, I started with the Chronicles of Chrestomanci long ago and just got around to this series. The Dark Lord of Derkholm is a fantastic story, it's really funny, too.
ГлавнаяДетская прозаDiana Wynne JonesThe Dark Lord of Derkholm. Уменьшить шрифт (-) Увеличить шрифт (+). Diana Wynne Jones The Dark Lord of Derkholm. A Dark Lord’s Citadel must always be a black castle with a labyrinthine interior lit by baleful fires – you will find our specifications in the guide Mr Addis will give you – and it would be helpful if you could introduce emaciated prisoners and some grim servitors to solemnise the frivolous effect of these monsters of yours.
Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings . Dark Lord of Derkholm - Diana Wynne Jones.
Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of humor.