La Belle Sauvage - The Book Of Dust: Book 1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working daysPhilip Pullman returns to the world of His Dark Materials with this magnificent first volume of The Book of Dust. Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his daemon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua... The Book Of Dust trilogy will be a return to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play a part. La Belle Sauvage takes place 10 years before Norhern Lights, the first book in the original His Dark Materials trilogy.FeaturesSummaryPhilip Pullman returns to the world of His Dark Materials with this magnificent new novel, set ten years before Northern Lights and featuring his much-loved character...AuthorPhilip PullmanPublisherDavid Fickling BooksRelease date20171019Pages448ISBN0-85756-108-1ISBN 13978-0-85756-108-4