Promotional Information

The Arthur trilogy already a huge success with fabulous reviews, very high profile, and rights sold in 20 countries A crossover book for the adult and children's market equally A uniquely contemporary take on the Arthurian cycle A fascinating picture of medieval life THE SEEING STONE, the first book in the Arthur trilogy, won the Guardian Children's Book Award and has sold almost 100,000 copies in paperback - 'I was spellbound', said Philip Pullman

About the Author

Kevin Crossley-Holland's THE SEEING STONE won the Guardian Children's Book Award, the Tir na n-Og Award, the Bronze Award for the Smarties Prize, and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. His book STORM won the Carnegie Medal in 1985. His many notable books for adults and children include poetry, classic retellings and anthologies. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature.

Reviews

Kevin Crossley-Holland will be appearing at the Edinburgh International BookFestival on 25th August 2002 Other dates for this year: 13th October - Ludlow Festival6th November - The Word Bookshop, Market Harborough Praise for At the Crossing Places: "Rich, evocative storytelling." Financial Times "This is storytelling of subtelty and nuance and, for the reflective reader, all the more satisfying for that." Books for Keeps "...a glorious panorama of medievallife, packed with incident and colour, brave deeds, passion , deception and even murder...and is surely destined to be become a classic." East Anglian Dai

Kevin Crossley-Holland will be appearing at the Edinburgh International BookFestival on 25th August 2002 Other dates for this year: 13th October - Ludlow Festival6th November - The Word Bookshop, Market Harborough Praise for At the Crossing Places: "Rich, evocative storytelling." Financial Times "This is storytelling of subtelty and nuance and, for the reflective reader, all the more satisfying for that." Books for Keeps "...a glorious panorama of medievallife, packed with incident and colour, brave deeds, passion , deception and even murder...and is surely destined to be become a classic." East Anglian Dai

This second book of the Arthur Trilogy continues the tale begun with The Seeing Stone, which, as PW said in its starred review, "inventively reworks the legend of the Round Table." Here 13-year-old Arthur begins life as a squire. Ages 9-12. (Oct.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.