Ebook {Epub PDF} Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of humor. With all the ingredients of high fantasy, this unforgettable novel will delight fans old and new.  · The Dark Lord of Derkholm is one of those novels that provides an entertaining story as well as subverting the typical ideas and expectations of the fantasy genre. Diana Wynne Jones is one of those authors who writes wittily and absurdly at the same time, weaving bizarre ideas together into a mix that perhaps should not work as well as it does/5. Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of humor. With all the ingredients of high fantasy, this unforgettable novel will delight fans old and new/5().

Diana Wynne Jones, Dark Lord of Derkholm (Greenwillow, ) Dark Lord of Derkholm is anything but. He's really the Wizard Derk, and all he wants is to be left alone to pursue his magical projects which include friendly cows, flying pigs and horses with wings. (All right, so the sheep turned out to be carnivorous. Dark Lord of Derkholm. File:bltadwin.ru Book descriptions. Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney. Library descriptions. The Dark Lord of Derkholm is one of those novels that provides an entertaining story as well as subverting the typical ideas and expectations of the fantasy genre. Diana Wynne Jones is one of those authors who writes wittily and absurdly at the same time, weaving bizarre ideas together into a mix that perhaps should not work as well as it does.

Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, 1) Paperback – Ap. by. Diana Wynne Jones (Author) › Visit Amazon's Diana Wynne Jones Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Diana Wynne Jones (Author) out of 5 stars. ratings. Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, #1) Published November 5th by Greenwillow Books. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Diana Wynne Jones. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. The Dark Lord of Derkholm, simply Dark Lord of Derkholm in the United States, is a fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones, published autumn in both the U.K. and the U.S. It won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. The novel is a parody, for its setting is a mock high fantasy world, similar to that Jones covered in The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, a humorous travel guide on the Rough Guide model. The story continues in Year of the Griffin and the two nov.