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Celine Kiernan - The Poison Throne - 9781847171702 - KNW0005262
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The Poison Throne

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Description for The Poison Throne Paperback. Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke returns home after a five-year sojourn in the bleak Northlands. Wynter is forced to make a terrible choice: stay and bow to the King's will, or abandon her ailing father and join her friend Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron in their efforts to restore the fragile kingdom to its former stability. Illustrator(s): O'Connor, Finbar. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: YFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 350.

A Friend. A Father. A Kingdom. Which one would you sacrifice?

This compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance is a winning combination of imagination, powerful storytelling and magnificent characters.

Fifteen-year-old Wynter Moorehawke returns home after a five-year sojourn in the bleak Northlands. All has changed in her absence. Wynter is forced to make a terrible choice: stay and bow to the King’s will, or abandon her ailing father and join her friend Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron in their efforts to restore the fragile kingdom to its former stability. But this changed kingdom is a ... Read more

Atmospheric and intriguing, evokes an enchanting and convincing other world – love, treachery, jealousy, tenderness, war, wisdom and court life are all vividly depicted.

Set in a fantastical medieval Europe, The Poison Throne is a gothic tale of intrigue, adventure and romance which draws the reader in from the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781847171702
SKU
KNW0005262
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Celine Kiernan
Celine Kiernan is an Irish author of fantasy novels for young adults. She is best known for The Moorehawke Trilogy. Her fourth book, Into the Grey, won both the CBI Book of the Year Award and the CBI Children's Choice Award in 2012. It won the 2013 Readers' Association of Ireland Award for best book. Born and raised in Dublin, ... Read more

Reviews for The Poison Throne
fiercely political and actually, just fiercely written in general
Inkandpaperhearts.wordpress.com Kiernan has a great sense of theatricality at her fingertips: the story unfolds and is revealed at exactly the most climatic moment . . . Kiernan is masterly in her storytelling.
Inis Magazine, Winter 2008 Teen novel that will baroque your world ... all the ingredients of an ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Poison Throne


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