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THE LANGUAGE OF STONES.

THE LANGUAGE OF STONES.

THE LANGUAGE OF STONES.
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THE LANGUAGE OF STONES.

by CARTER, ROBERT:

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9780007169238
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Anne Sudworth [painting of Long Meg and her Daughters - (standing stones)],with embossed gilt letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges lightly aged - as usual/normal - but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's original,bright,clean,plain black cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip with colour pictorial map illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xiipp+3-511pp [paginated] includes contents list/ table,Pts 1-4 comprising 23 chapters (n.b. in the novels of the 'Stone' cycles there is never a chapter thirteen),author's note,appendices(2),plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication+acknowledgements pages,a double-page b/w map and 2pp blanks to rear. The Realm is poised for war.Its weak king - Hal,grandson of a usurper - is dominated by his beautiful wife and her lover.Against them stands Duke Richard of Ebor and his allies.The two sides are set on a bloody collision course. . . . Gwydion is watching over the Realm.He has walked the land since before the time of the druids, since before the Slavers came to subdue people.Gwydion was here when Arthur rode to war: then they called him 'Merlyn'.But for his young apprentice, Willand,a fearsome lesson in the ways of men and power lies ahead. The Realm is an England that is still-magical.Legendary beasts still populate its by-ways.It is a land criss-crossed by lines of power upon which standing stones have been set as a secret protection against invasion.But the power of the array was broken by the Slavers who laid straight roads across the land,and built walled cities of shattered stone.A thousand years have passed since then,and those roads and walls have fallen into decay.The dangerous stones are awakening,and their unruly influence is calling men to battle.Unless Gwydion and Will can unearth them, the Realm will be plunged into a disastrous civil war.But there are many enemies ranged against them: men,monsters and a sorcerer as powerful as Gwydion himself. J.R.R. Tolkien spoke of making 'a mythology for England' in his creation of Middle-earth.In this magnificent story,Robert Carter draws upon England's mythic history and approaches the accomplishment of Tolkien's stated aim.Author's debut novel in the planned saga. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!


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Title
THE LANGUAGE OF STONES.
Author
CARTER, ROBERT:
Format/Binding
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
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FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
000716923X
ISBN 13
9780007169238
Publisher
LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2004.
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
This edition first published
March 22, 2004
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