Author: RUIZ ZAFON, CARLOS (1964-)
Title: The prince of mist
Description: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson 2010. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in the original decorated boards. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 202 pages; Summary: Max Carver's father - a watchmaker and inventor - decides to move his family to a small town on the coast. to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon. Dr Richard Fleischmann. But the house holds many secrets and stories of its own. Behind it is an overgrown garden full of statues surrounded by a metal fence topped with a six-pointed star. When he goes to investigate. Max finds that the statues seem to consist of a kind of circus troop with the large statue of a clown at its centre. Max has the curious sensation that the statue is beckoning to him. As the family settles in they grow increasingly uneasy: they discover a box of old films belonging to the Fleischmanns; his sister has disturbing dreams and his other sister hears voices whispering to her from an old wardrobe. They also discover the wreck of a boat that sank many years ago in a terrible storm. Everyone on board perished except for one man - an engineer who built the lighthouse at the end of the beach. During the dive. Max sees something that leaves him cold - on the old mast floats a tattered flag with the symbol of the six-pointed star. As they learn more about the wreck. the chilling story of the Prince of the Mists begins to emerge. Biography: Carlos Ruiz Zafon was born in Barcelona and is the author of six novels including THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. He is one of the world's most read and best-loved writers. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages and published around the world. garnering numerous international prizes and reaching millions of readers. He divides his time between Barcelona and Los Angeles. Subject: Shipwrecks - Fiction. Dwellings - Fiction. Horror & ghost stories. chillers. JUVENILE FICTION / Horror & Ghost Stories. by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. [ Principe de la niebla ].Weight in Kg appr.:

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