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Leon Garfield

    14 luglio 1921 – 2 giugno 1996

    Leon Garfield è stato un autore britannico, noto soprattutto per i suoi romanzi storici per bambini, sebbene abbia scritto anche per adulti. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate da trame avvincenti, spesso ambientate nel XVIII secolo, con personaggi di umili origini catapultati in intrighi e dilemmi morali. Lo stile di Garfield, influenzato da autori come Dickens, presenta un linguaggio ricco e strutture narrative complesse. La sua capacità di mescolare l'avventura con profonde questioni etiche ha reso i suoi libri di duratura risonanza.

    Leon Garfield
    Black Jack
    The Apprentices
    The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
    Shakespeare Stories II
    Jack Holborn
    Shakespeare Stories
    • Jack Holborn

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      An exciting pirate tale joins the Oxford Children's Classics series, featuring ghosts, treasure, and thrilling high-seas adventures.

      Jack Holborn
    • A young apprentice in eighteenth-century London begins a strange adventure when he inadvertently becomes involved with a wanted criminal and a girl who is reputedly mad.

      Black Jack
    • God Beneath The Sea

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen retells some of the most famous Greek myths in this classic of children's literature. This is the epic history of the Greek Gods told from their violent beginnings to the creation of man.

      God Beneath The Sea
    • John Diamond

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Explore a collection featuring classic tales like The Jungle Book and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland alongside contemporary works such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This anthology brings together beloved stories that span generations, highlighting their enduring themes and unique narratives. Perfect for both nostalgic readers and newcomers, it showcases the richness of children's literature.

      John Diamond
    • Smith

      • 176pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      "Leon Garfield is unmatched for sheer, exciting storytelling." --Lloyd Alexander This brilliant, picaresque novel follows the adventures of an illiterate young ragamuffin known only as Smith. Smith picks the pocket of a stranger, only to witness immediately the strangers murder. Smiths booty from the theft is an Important Document, no doubt worth quite a lot to somebody, which is proved by the pursuit of Smith by two very shady characters. Smith artfully dodges them and winds up in the odd company of a wealthy blind man, who takes Smith into his home and provides him with an education. But this new comfort is lost when Smith himself is suspected of the very murder he witnessed. Smith was a "Boston Globe--Horn Book" Honor Book, winner of the Phoenix Award, and a Carnegie Honor Book.

      Smith
    • The Drummer Boy

      • 192pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      'As far as the eye can see, scarlet men are marching . . . All that was left was himself and his drum, and a few shady nightwalkers - cowards who came crawling from the ditches and knaves who scoured the dead for wealth . .

      The Drummer Boy