Count Karlstein The Novel
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher.
Two young girls are in danger: their wicked uncle has made a bargain to hand them over to the terrifying Demon Huntsman, and it's up to a young maidservant called Hildi to rescue them.
Juvenile FictionAction & AdventureFamilyHorrorMysteries & Detective StoriesPeople & Places
RELEASED2002
PUBLISHERDoubleday
LENGTH242
LANGUAGEEN
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, *His Dark Materials*, and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
Count Karlstein The Novel
Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher.
Two young girls are in danger: their wicked uncle has made a bargain to hand them over to the terrifying Demon Huntsman, and it's up to a young maidservant called Hildi to rescue them.
Juvenile FictionAction & AdventureFamilyHorrorMysteries & Detective StoriesPeople & PlacesEurope
RELEASED2002
PUBLISHERDoubleday
LENGTH242
LANGUAGEEN
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, *His Dark Materials*, and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman
