- Fantasy, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Dalemark (imaginary place), fiction
The Countess and Lord Keril send Mitt to kill a young woman Noreth Onesdaughter, who claims to know where the lost crown is hidden.
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Classical in form, plot-driven, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Diana Wynne Jones
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 474
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Childrens Books, Tandem Library, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780192752772
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