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Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

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Author Biography

Name: Diana Wynne Jones
Birth Date: August 16, 1934
Place of Birth: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Female

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Biography of Diana Wynne Jones
3710 words, approx. 12.4 pages
Contemporary children's fantasy has its own conventions and standards, often unacknowledged but recognized by those who write or publish fantasy. Diana Wynne Jones has built her reputation on challenging those conventions, standing them on their heads, a...
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Biography of Diana Wynne Jones
3320 words, approx. 11.1 pages
Diana Wynne Jones "is a prolific novelist of enormous range who can raise hairs on the back of the neck one minute, belly laughs the next," asserts Elaine Moss in the Times Literary Supplement. Jones not only creates mythical worlds peopled with wizards,...


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The Dark Lord of Derkholm is a fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones, which won the 1999 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature. It takes place in a parody of a high fantasy world similar to that first explored in Jones' humorous...


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The Horn Book Magazine
Dark Lord of Derkholm.(Review) (book reviews)
11/01/1998: 338 words, approx. 1 pages
Diana Wynne Jones Dark Lord of Derkholm 341 pp. Greenwillow 10/98 ISBN 0-688-16004-2 16.00 (g) (Older) Derk the Wizard's world, populated by magical beings as well as ordinary humans, is used by the villainous Mr. Chesney as a base for his...
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Publishers Weekly
DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM. (book reviews)
10/19/1998: 279 words, approx. 1 pages
Diana Wynne Jones. Greenwillow, $16 (352p) ISBN 0-688-16004-2 On a par with Jones's best (Charmed Life; Fire and Hemlock), this expansive novel manages to be both an affectionate send-up of the sword-and-sorcery genre and a thrilling fantasy adventure in its own right....
 


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Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones

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