Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives an anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, sixteen-year-old Sally is plunged into a terrifying mystery in the dark heart of Victorian London.

The first book in Philip Pullman's classic Sally Lockhart quartet in a beautiful new edition. Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives an anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man die of fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, Sally is plunged into a terrifying mystery in the dark heart of Victorian London, at the centre of which lies a deadly blood-soaked jewel. Philip Pullman's ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. Don't miss Philip Pullman's incredible HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed BBC/HBO television series.

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ISBN13: 9781407191058
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 256
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Publisher: Scholastic
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 20.1(H)x13.9(L)x1.7(W)170
Weight (gm): 170

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