The Prince of Mist
From the bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, the haunting story of a ghostly ship and an age-old curse. Max Carver's father - a watchmaker and inventor - decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard...
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From the bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, the haunting story of a ghostly ship and an age-old curse.
Max Carver's father - a watchmaker and inventor - decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard Fleischmann. But the house holds many secrets and stories of its own. Behind it is an overgrown garden full of statues surrounded by a metal fence topped with a six-pointed star. When he goes to investigate, Max finds that the statues seem to consist of a kind of circus troop with the large statue of a clown at its centre. Max has the curious sensation that the statue is beckoning to him. As the family settles in they grow increasingly uneasy: they discover a box of old films belonging to the Fleischmanns; his sister has disturbing dreams and his other sister hears voices whispering to her from an old wardrobe. They also discover the wreck of a boat that sank many years ago in a terrible storm. Everyone on board perished except for one man - an engineer who built the lighthouse at the end of the beach. During the dive, Max sees something that leaves him cold - on the old mast floats a tattered flag with the symbol of the six-pointed star. As they learn more about the wreck, the chilling story of the Prince of the Mists begins to emerge.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780297856429
Publish date: 2010 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pages no: 202
Edition language: English
Series: Niebla (#1)
Czas II wojny światowej był niewątpliwie okresem tragedii wielu rodzin. Tragedii większych i mniejszych. Do tej drugiej grupy zalicza się rodzina Carverów. Mała osada rybacka miała się stać dla nich ucieczką od niebezpieczeństw i zgiełku wojny. No właśnie - miała. Już od pierwszych minut pobytu w no...
Książka nie jest zła. Jak możemy przeczytać we wstępie, to debiutancka powieść autora, więc przymknęłam oko na niektóre wątki, moim zdaniem nie dokończone. Jednak, książka jest niemniej wciągająca niż "Cień wiatru". Z zapartym tchem przeczytałam w jeden wieczór ;)
To nie jest moje pierwsze spotkanie z tym autorem. Moja fascynacja książkami Zafona zaczęła się już dużo wcześniej. I sądzę, iż jego książki są bliskie nie tylko mnie. Zafon - hiszpański pisarz zdobył i nadal zdobywa liczne grona czytelników, zaś książki jego autorstwa praktycznie nie schodzą z list...
Creepy! This ghost story is set during World War II, and involves an evil clown, a young boy and girl in love, an empty beach, and a mysterious old man in a lighthouse who guards a town from impending doom. Good for anyone who likes scary stories!
I hadn't intended on reading this as I normally avoid the young adult genre, but it was 20p!The father of the family decides that they need to move from the city to the coast because of the war. They move into a house that has already known tragedy.Max starts to explore the immediate vicinity and fi...
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