Dark Lord of Derkholm
Mr Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, taking paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness - but can it really be stopped ?'
Mr Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, taking paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness - but can it really be stopped ?'
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780688160043 (0688160042)
Publish date: November 5th 1998
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Pages no: 345
Edition language: English
Series: Derkholm (#1)
TITLE: Dark Lord of Derkholm AUTHOR: Diana Wynne Jones ______________________ BOOK DESCRIPTION: "Everyone - wizards, soldiers, farmers, elves, dragons, kings and queens alike - is fed up with Mr Chesney's Pilgrim Parties: groups of tourists from the world next door who descend en masse every...
Note: Throughout June, I’ll be re-reading and reviewing books by Diana Wynne Jones. While I don’t think there are any huge spoilers below, I can’t swear that there are none, so tread with caution if that’s something you’re concerned about. Dark Lord of Derkholm is the first of two books, with a se...
I loved the characters in this book. They were adorable and refreshingly un-stereotypical fantasy protagonists. (I admit I did have some trouble at the beginning to remember which of Derk's children was human and which was a griffin but eventually I managed). But...the plot was...odd. I can relate t...
I liked it but I didn't think it was one of her best. What I love about Diana Wynne Jones' writing is the way she manages to write families and characters who belong to families with such a natural touch. Also, although the families are often dysfunctional in quite a functional and/or believable way...
[Originally posted on tumblr on 2. August 2013] There are books that make me wish I read them when I got them. ‘The Dark Lord of Derkholm' by Diana Wynne Jones is one of those books. From the beginning to the end this was extremely entertaining. The thing about this book is though, the title is ex...
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