Larklight #1
Edición de la obra Larklight (Larklight #1)
| Autor | Philip Reeve |
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| Editorial | Bloomsbury Children's Books, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006 |
| Lugar | New York, NY |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 399 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781599900209 |
| ISBN-10 | 1599900203 |
| OCLC | 65644233 |
| LCCN | 2006004348 |
| Serie | Larklight (1) |
| Número de Cutter |
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R331l |
*Or, The revenge of the white spiders!, or, To Saturn's rings and back! A rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space.* In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system. Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr. Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and Marvellous) adventure begins. It takes them to the furthest reaches of Known Space, where they must battle the evil First Ones in a desperate attempt to save each other -- and the Universe. Recounted through the eyes of Art himself, Larklight is sumptuously designed and illustrated throughout.