- Fiction, History, Magic, Middle Ages
In late twelfth-century England, the thirteen-year-old Arthur goes to begin his new life as squire to Lord Stephen at Holt, where crusaders ready themselves.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Kevin Crossley-Holland
- First published
- October 1, 2002
- Pages
- 394
- Publisher
- Le livre de poche, Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780752846798
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First sentence
“THE FIRST DAY OF MY NEW LIFE BEGAN WITH ICE AND ended with flames.”
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