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The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen (Collins Voyager) [Paperback]

Alan Garner (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: 5 Aug 2002 | Series: Collins Voyager

A tale of Alderley

When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights.

But the heart of the magic that binds them – Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen – has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 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 key to the Weirdstone’s return. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Collins Voyager; New edition edition (5 Aug 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 000712788X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007127887
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 156,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Reviewers hailed Alan Garner as a great new writer in 1960:

“Excellent and overflowing with largesse and imagination is this first novel by Alan Garner…a piece of marvellously sustained invention. This is a fine, new-mint book with echoes in it from the best of the old.” Times Literary Supplement

“The suspense is superb. Mr Garner has written on eof hose grand tales that may well be read a hundred years hence as eagerly as it is read now.” Scotsman.

“Absolutely first class. Well written, well told, it mixes legend, fact and fairy tale.” Manchester Evening News

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When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, they are saved by the Wizard. He takes them into the caves of Fundindelve, where he watches over the enchanted sleep of one hundred and forty knights.

But the heart of the magic that binds them – Firefrost, also known as the Weirdstone of Brisingamen – has been lost. The Wizard has been searching for the stone for more than 100 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 key to the Weirdstone’s return. But how can two children defeat the Morrigan and her deadly brood?

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Real or Fantasy? Legend or reality? 29 Nov 2001
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I first read this book when I was in my early teens. It was great to find a similar read to the Lord of the Rings, but one with quite a unique difference.

The story is in the Tolkein tradition (who presumeably wrote following someone else's tradition), a great storyline that you can get your teeth into as it rises, but overall the fascinating thing about the book was that everything happens in a real place!
All the geographical points of interest in the book are there in reality, and there was nothing better for me as a child to find these from Alan Garner's maps in the book.

It was such a great explorative exercise for me! Then not only for me but for others as they heard me talk about my trips out to Alderley Edge. They would hurriedly re-read the book prior to going there in case they missed something.

It is such a literary treasure hunt, the educational value of which cannot be underestimated. Fantastic Alan!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ideal with a Wienholts Pie 21 Feb 2004
By "bennettste"
Format:Audio Cassette
I had the books read to me as a child and rediscovered them in my teens. Garners books are so much better than Potter and unlike Tolkien they actually bring the story into your own world. And despite the at times over flowery prose its so well wriiten that you cant put the books down. And with the audio books, I was able to keep a carful of nephews and nieces quiet all the way from Stockport to Bedfordshire and back a week later. Alderley Edge is a real place and very much part of my own life, I could identify with the characters and to this day I regularly visit Alderley Village buy lunch (try the steak pies) at Wienholts and wander around the edge looking for the places from the book. All we need now is the TV/Movie. My one gripe is that the ending of the second book (Moon of Gomrath) Cries out for a third part, even leaves lots of hints, yet it never came.
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85 of 88 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A gripping adventure story 14 Feb 2003
By Gregory Spawton
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is the book that first got me hooked on reading. Our teacher read the first couple of chapters to a class of spellbound 9 year olds, then shut the book up and told us to read it ourselves if we wanted to find out what happens. We all did.

Whilst Weirdstone is far from Garner's best work, it is a gripping adventure story and a real page-turner. There are also hints, in certain passages, of Garner's developed style (he went on to produce two of the best ever works of 20th century fiction - Red Shift and the Stone Book Quartet.)

I've been waiting 8 years to read Weirdstone to my own children and I am pleased to say that they are enjoying it as much as I did all those years ago.

Two brief comments on its suitability for the Harry Potter generation. Firstly, in the opinion of my children, it is a much much scarier book than the Potter stories. Secondly, Garner includes some local dialect in the book which may be difficult for younger readers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Witchingly good
Of all the books I've ever read, this is in the top three. And it ain't third.
Go to Alderley Edge, stand on Castle Rock, see Saddle Bole. These places exist! Read more
Published 17 days ago by Bubba
4.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure story in a wonderful part of the world
I read this as an adult, but did realise it was for youngsters before I started. However the plot held my attention and I would have no hesitation in recommending it to younger... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Exlibra
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant magical fantasy grounded in real places
This is quite simply a great book of its kind, and it more than stands comparison with Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Susan Cooper and suchlike. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nick Gray
5.0 out of 5 stars Local to me
I read this book many years ago and this was a very detailed version. I could not put it doiwn
Published 1 month ago by Joe Curtis
5.0 out of 5 stars Great entertainment.
Purchased as a replacement for a damaged copy. Great for entertaining the kids on long car journeys or at bedtime..
Published 1 month ago by liz davies
5.0 out of 5 stars Myth and mystery interwoven like silk.
I read this book many years ago when at school. Alan Garner is such a wonderful writer. His prose is full of thought and character. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr A Shelton
4.0 out of 5 stars Fey order
Fantastic book for kids, but I enjoyed reading it to my 9 yr old, she was entranced too. Read follow up, wasn't as good , but in all a marvellous tale of fantasy and mystysism
Published 3 months ago by billy
5.0 out of 5 stars good memories
I bought this as a gift for my partner as it as based around Alderley Edge in Cheshire very close to where I grew up and visited many times before and after reading the book in my... Read more
Published 3 months ago by beardy
4.0 out of 5 stars READ THE BOOK THEN WALK THE WALK
This is a beautiful area, you can actually make sense of the OS Map by using the book. A great morning out with the grand children followed by lunch in the Wizard. Read more
Published 4 months ago by John
5.0 out of 5 stars If you only read one book to your children...
Let it be this one.

I still remember vividly our class of 10 year olds being hooked on every word which fell from Miss Fox's lips back in 1971. Read more
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