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Cargando... The Blue Hawk (1976)por Peter Dickinson
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is a very interesting story set in ancient Egypt - although perhaps not quite the ancient Ehypt we would recognise. In this world the gods are real enough that they speak to a young boy and guide him into an action that causes a sequence of momentous events, beginning with the death of the king and ending... well I won't say where it ends, as that would spoil the story - but as a story it hangs together very well indeed, and is more than worth the time spent readig it. I am suprised this book has not generated more reviews as it really is very good. The world is richly imagined and drawn. There is love and friendship here, power and politics, and plenty to set you thinking about the nature of change, of the world and of our place in it. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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In an ancient kingdom, a boy and his hawk challenge the gods All his life, Tron has been destined to join the priests who rule his strange desert kingdom. When the old king grows sick, a ritual is called for to restore his health: the sacrifice of a blue hawk, the symbol of the god Gdu. For the first time, Tron is chosen to take part in the ritual. Just before the bird is sacrificed, the young priest notices that its eyes are cloudy. The bird is sick, and to give its soul to the king would be to kill him. And so Tron steals the bird away. The priests are enraged at his disruption of the ritual. Some call for his head, but others see Tron's potential. They give him three months to train the wild bird--three months to save its life and rescue the kingdom from the wrath of the gods. This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Peter Dickinson including rare images from the author's collection. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Highly recommended, right up there with Earthsea. ( )