Northern Lights: His Dark Materials 1
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  • Published: 5 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781448196876
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448

Northern Lights: His Dark Materials 1

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5 Mar 2015
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The first book in the world-renowned His Dark Materials trilogy, which was made into the major movie The Golden Compass.

Now a major BBC series

‘Without this child, we shall all die.’

Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon, Pantalaimon, always by her side.

But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle – a struggle born of stolen children, witch clans and armoured bears.

As she hurtles towards danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win, or to lose, the biggest battle imaginable.
  • Published: 5 March 2015
  • ISBN: 9781448196876
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 448
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About the author

Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford.

His first children's book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published thirty-three books, read by children and adults alike. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy. These books have been honoured by several prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Prize, and (for The Amber Spyglass) the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time that prize had been given to a children's book. Pullman has received numerous other awards, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for Services to Literature.

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Also by Philip Pullman

The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel
Lyra's Oxford
The Collectors
Once Upon a Time in the North
The Firework-Maker's Daughter, Clockwork, or All Wound Up
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel Volume 2
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Praise for Northern Lights: His Dark Materials 1

Spellbinding.

Daily Telegraph

Pullman's writing is spellbinding, his storytelling brilliant.

Scotsman

A stunning, dense and deep novel . . . funny and unquenchably imaginative.

Observer

His Dark Materials wasn't just the best children's book – it was also the most interesting fictional experiment of our times.

Reader's Digest

An eye-widening fantasy, a scorching thriller and a thought-provoking reflection on the human condition, this is a book that can be enjoyed at many levels.

Guardian
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