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The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen by Geraldine Mccaughrean

Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queen" was written in 1596 for Queen Elizabeth I. Aiming to bring a literary classic to life, this book presents a retelling of this famous romantic text. It introduces the readers to Spenser's exciting adventures of knights and dragons, sorcerers and hermits, princesses and sea nymphs.

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Lavishly illustrated by Jason Cockcroft, this classy retelling by Geraldine McCaughrean... will win new fans... -- The Sunday Times 20041128 A beautiful book... both action packed and romantic. Ideal for reading aloud and sharing with a wide age group the story is lyrically retold capturing all the passion and excitement of the original. -- Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids.co.uk 20041128 From an award-winning author comes a wonderful retelling of Edmund Spenser's literary masterpiece The Faerie Queen, with stunning colour illustrations throughout by Jason Cockcroft. Accessible to children and appealing to the adult reader this is a book to delve into again and again. In the land of the Faerie Queen, and with the help of this book, there's always time for stories. -- My books mag 20041128 'a substantial literary feat
Cork Evening Echo 20041128 skilful retelling
...memorable pictures... There's something here to enthrall all young readers. -- Carousel, Oct 2006 20041128

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About The Author

Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951) trained as a teacher but learned only that she was useless at teaching. So she worked instead as a sub at a partwork magazine company, perfect training in cutting to length, abandoning pretentions and writing blurbs. A Carnegie Medallist, three-time winner of the Whitbread and the very first recipient of the Blue Peter Book Award, she has written almost 150 books and plays.  In 2006 she was blessed with the chance to write the official sequel to J M Barrie’s Peter Pan at the behest of Great Ormond Street Hospital.  Peter Pan in Scarlet has been translated into 38 other languages.

Anne Fine on Geraldine McCaughrean:

'I reckon Geraldine McCaughrean knocks the socks off every other children's writer today. Everything she does is different and everything works – look at her list of prizes. She must write in tremendous bursts. Some years, she's so prolific the rest of us start joking that the fairies come in at night to do her work for her. Then she'll go quiet, so unlike all those writers who are persuaded by their publishers to come up with something every year, no matter how tired or drab. If Geraldine has nothing fresh to write, she doesn't write it.' (The Guardian)

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