- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Orchard (3 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1846166241
- ISBN-13: 978-1846166242
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 605,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Nick Tucker in the Independent:'[...] for page-turning adventure involving a heroic 13-year-old up against horrors ancient and modern, Henry Porter's THE MASTER OF THE FALLEN CHAIRS is just the thing. A newcomer to writing for this age group, Porter plays a good hand before finally coming up trumps as his story heads to its powerful close." (Independent )
"An excellent and compelling read."
(Young Post )Porter writes with such imaginative zest that i felt as if i was pulling up a chair to a fire and would have enough to absorb me until spring.
(The Observer ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.Product Description
'He came on the shortest day of the year between the storms that carried the sea twenty miles inland and the great snow of that winter. But before his arrival there was an equally mysterious disappearance...'
The first in a trilogy, THE MASTER OF THE FALLEN CHAIRS sees thirteen-year-old orphan Kim living with his elusive guardian, surly tutor and various servants in a grand but dilapidated old house called Skirl. When one of the servant girls goes missing, a dark cloud descends on the house. The arrival of a stranger in the dead of night plunges everything further into mystery, and introduces a bit of magic to the mix too...
The first in a trilogy, THE MASTER OF THE FALLEN CHAIRS sees thirteen-year-old orphan Kim living with his elusive guardian, surly tutor and various servants in a grand but dilapidated old house called Skirl. When one of the servant girls goes missing, a dark cloud descends on the house. The arrival of a stranger in the dead of night plunges everything further into mystery, and introduces a bit of magic to the mix too...
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He came on the shortest day of the year between the storms that carried the smell of the sea twenty miles inland and the great snow of that winter. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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He came on the shortest day of the year between the storms that carried the smell of the sea twenty miles inland and the great snow of that winter. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beautifully written, engaging and inventive: it feels, unlike too many children's books, as if it's been constructed with care rather than assembled from formulaic odds and ends. (A pleasure to read aloud too.) Please can we have a sequel?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is undoubtedly a great book and if you liked C.S. Lewis's Narnia series - you will love this.
Set in an old house that is built around an even older one, there is mystery, ghosts, time travel and imminent danger at every turn.
My only criticism is that the ending seemed hurried and a trifle contrived, but that will not stop me from reading the sequel that was hinted at.
Set in an old house that is built around an even older one, there is mystery, ghosts, time travel and imminent danger at every turn.
My only criticism is that the ending seemed hurried and a trifle contrived, but that will not stop me from reading the sequel that was hinted at.
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
this is a magnificently clever book that can be read by children and adults alike.i doubt there is a more telented or likeable author alive today than henry porter, able to poke fun at himself (look at me, he says, what a preposterous fellow am I) while also writing superb stories. The man is a genius
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