Count Karlstein - The Novel
  • Published: 3 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9780552557306
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $22.99

Count Karlstein - The Novel

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A deliciously terrifying and wickedly funny gothic tale. This is the first ever children's novel by the award-winning Philip Pullman - a treat no Pullman fan should miss!

Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher.

No one in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their home on All Souls Eve - the night Zamiel, the Demon Huntsman comes to claim his prey.

But the evil Count Karlstein has struck a terrible bargin with Zamiel, and so the lives of his young nieces, Lucy and Charlotte,are in danger. Their only hope lies with Hildi, a castle maidservant, and her fearless brother, Peter. Can they save the girls from their dreadful fate? Only one thing is certain - the Demon Huntsman will not return to his dark wood unsatisfied!
  • Published: 3 December 2007
  • ISBN: 9780552557306
  • Imprint: Corgi Childrens
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford.

His first children's book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published thirty-three books, read by children and adults alike. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy. These books have been honoured by several prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Prize, and (for The Amber Spyglass) the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time that prize had been given to a children's book. Pullman has received numerous other awards, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for Services to Literature.

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Praise for Count Karlstein - The Novel

It's whirlwind plotting, manipulated into a pulsing tale of darkened hearts, treachery and at long last, redemption

Kirkus

In this deliciously gothic thriller there are enough demon huntsmen, evil guardians, and brooding castles to please even the most desensitized reader

School Library Journal

Dashing, sparkling, and wildly over the top

Publishers Weekly

Any youngster who likes ghostly tales of the macabre accompanied with much humour will get a lot of fun from this unusual book

Junior Bookshelf

Ingeniously-designed comic-cum-novel, a gothic pastiche that can be read as simple fun or as a literary lesson

Guardian