Ebook {Epub PDF} The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

 · The 50th birthday of Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a great excuse for a festival – and some serious re-reading. The view from Alderley Edge, the setting for Alan Garner's The. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley is a children's fantasy novel by English author Alan Garner. Garner began work on the novel, his literary debut, in , after he moved into the late medieval house, Toad Hall, in Blackden, Cheshire. In "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen," award-winning Cheshire writer Alan Garner retells the ancient legend of the cave of the sleeping king as a Young Adult fantasy. His story treads very lightly on the mantle of "Lord of the Rings," and a bit more heavily on Arthurian legend, but draws mainly from local folklore and Scandinavian www.doorway.rus:

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. First published in , Alan Garner's fantasy adventure follows Colin and Susan, who come to stay in a lonely farm in the eerie rural landscape of Cheshire's Alderley Edge. Pursued through the woods by mysterious creatures, they are unexpectedly rescued by a wizard, Cadellin Silverbrow, who takes them to safety. Alan Garner OBE FRSL (born 17 October ) is an English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of the native Cheshire dialect. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner, unknown edition, Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen - has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than years, but the forces of evil are closing in, determined to possess and destroy its special power. Colin and Susan realise at last that they are.

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley is a children's fantasy novel by English author Alan Garner. Garner began work on the novel, his literary debut, in , after he moved into the late medieval house, Toad Hall, in Blackden, Cheshire. Set in Cheshire (England), The Weirdstone of Brisingamen tells of Colin and Susan, brother and sister, who stumble into the magical world that exists under and around the everyda However, unlike Lewis's books, where the characters travel distinctly between the worlds, in Garner's novel the worlds interact continually and the boundaries are indistinct. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley. Garner, Alan. Published by Odyssey Classics, ISBN X ISBN Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A. Contact seller. Seller Rating: Used - Softcover. Condition: Very Good.