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In a landmark epic of fantasy and storytelling, Philip Pullman invites readers into a world as convincing and thoroughly realized as Narnia, Earthsea, or Redwall. Here lives an orphaned ward named Lyra Belacqua, whose carefree life among the scholars at Oxford's Jordan College is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors.
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- Author
- Philip Pullman
- First published
- October 31, 1999
- Pages
- 410
- Publisher
- Random House Audio, Editorial Empúries, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 148
- Language
- Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9789868010932
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“Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.”
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*](/series/OL330755L/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
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