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The Princess and the Goblin

George Macdonald author Arthur Hughes illustrator Ursula Le Guin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:25th Jul '96

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Princess Irene has discovered a secret winding stairway in the castle. It leads to a bewildering labyrinth of unknown passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Meanwhile, the miner's son Curdie overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins that live below the mountain. With the help of Irene's magic ring, can they stop the goblins' terrifying plans in time?

Princess Irene lives in a castle in a lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Can the ring the princess is given protect her against the lurking menace of the boglins from under the mountain?Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Can the ring the princess is given protect her against the lurking menace of the goblins from under the mountain?

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ISBN: 9780141332482

Dimensions: 178mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 172g

272 pages