Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. Jenny Nimmo

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Название Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors
Автор произведения Jenny Nimmo
Жанр Учебная литература
Серия Charlie Bone
Издательство Учебная литература
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781780312057



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      First published in Great Britain 2005 by Egmont UK Limited

      This edition published 2010

      by Egmont UK Limited

      239 Kensington High Street

      London W8 6SA

      Text copyright © 2005 Jenny Nimmo

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      ISBN 978 1 4052 2465 9

       eBook ISBN 978 1 7803 1205 7

       www.egmont.co.uk

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library

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      For David, who led me to the castle, with love.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       The endowed children

       Prologue

       1. A fatal sneeze

       2. The phantom horse

       3. The boy with paper in his hair

       4. Detention for Charlie

       5. Billy’s oath

       6. Alice Angel

       7. The Book of Amadis

       8. The white moth

       9. A man trapped in glass

       10. The jailbird

       11. The Passing House

       12. Breaking the force-field

       13. The battle of oaths and spirits

       14. Children of the Queen

       15. The enchanted cape

       16. The wall of history

       17. The black yew

       18. Losing the balance

       19. Olivia’s talent

       20. The warrior

       21. The captives’ story

       About Egmont Press

      The children of the Red King, called the endowed

Manfred Bloor Son of the headmaster of Bloor’s Academy. A hypnotiser. He is descended from Borlath, eldest son of the Red King. Borlath was a brutal and sadistic tyrant.
Asa Pike A were-beast. He is descended from a tribe who lived in the Northern forests and kept strange beasts. Asa can change shape at dusk.
Billy Raven Billy can communicate with animals. One of his ancestors conversed with ravens that sat on a gibbet where dead men hung. For this talent he was banished from his village.
Lysander Sage Descended from an African wise man. He can call up his spirit ancestors.
Tancred Torsson A storm-bringer. His Scandinavian ancestor was named after the thunder god, Thor. Tancred can bring rain, wind, thunder and lightning.
Gabriel Silk Gabriel can feel scenes and emotions through the clothes of others. He comes from a line of psychics.
Emma Tolly Emma can fly. Her surname derives from the Spanish swordsman from Toledo, whose daughter married the Red King. He is therefore an ancestor to all the endowed children.
Charlie Bone Charlie can travel into photographs and paintings. He is descended from the Yewbeams, a family with many magical endowments.
Dorcas Loom Dorcas can bewitch items of clothing. Her ancestor, Lola Defarge, knitted a shrivelling shawl whilst enjoying the execution of the Queen of France in 1793.
Idith and Inez Branko Telekinetic twins, distantly related to Zelda Dobinsky, who