Description
A brilliantly researched, complex and layered story set in the time of the Crusades and interwoven with Arthurian legend. It contains themes of religious intolerance, good and evil and a boy's coming-of-age with subtlety and poignancy. Clement-Davies writes thoughtfully and accessibly with an immediacy that ensures this to be a page turner for all fans of fantasy and historical fiction.
About the Author
David Clement-Davies is the bestselling author of two previous children's books - Fire Bringer (2000, Macmillan) and The Sight (2002, Macmillan), which have been translated around the world. He is the author of a new adventure called The Alchemists of Barbal (Macmillan, 2005) and various pictures books, including the adaptation of the Dreamworks animation Spirit - Stallion of the Cimmeron. David also writes plays and film scripts, and contributes as a journalist and travel writer. He lives in London.
Reviews
'Fire Bringer is a riveting story and deserves to be widely read.' Richard Adams (author of Watership Down) 'The Telling Pool is an enchanting tale, very well told.' SFX Magazine
Book Information
ISBN 9780747572893
Author David Clement-Davies
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC