Requirements: ePUB Reader | 47 MB | Version: 30th Anniversary Editions + Original Retails
Overview: In 1946, acclaimed author Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England, into a Protestant family. Although his beloved grandfather was an Anglican priest, Pullman became an atheist in his teenage years. He graduated from Exeter College in Oxford with a degree in English, and spent 23 years as a teacher while working on publishing 13 books and numerous short stories. Pullman has received many awards for his literature, including the prestigious Carnegie Medal for exceptional children’s literature in 1996, and the Carnegie of Carnegies in 2006. He is most famous for his “His Dark Materials” trilogy, a series of young adult fantasy novels which feature freethought themes.
Genre: Young Adult | Mystery
1. The Ruby in the Smoke:
If you haven’t met Sally Lockhart before, prepare to be bowled over. Sally is sixteen and uncommonly pretty. Her knowledge of English literature, French, history, art and music is non-existent, but she has a thorough grounding in military tactics, can run a business, ride like a Cossack and shoot straight with a pistol. When her dear father is drowned in suspicious circumstances in the South China Sea, Sally is left to fend for herself, an orphan and alone in the smoky fog of Victorian London. Though she doesn’t know it, Sally is already in terrible danger. Soon the mystery and the danger will deepen–and at the rotten heart of it all lies the deadly secret of The Ruby in the Smok
2. The Shadow in the North:
The breathtaking return of daredevil detective Sally Lockhart. These days, Sally is twenty-two, an entrepreneur and expert financial advisor. But amid the mist-shrouded streets of Victorian London, strange news meets Sally’s ears: rumours of the disappearance of steamship Ingrid Linde. As she investigates the loss, a clairvoyant mentions the name of Europe’s richest man. Who is financier Axel Bellmann? What is behind the mysterious bad luck that has hit the Anglo-Baltic shipping line? And how far will Bellman go to stop Sally prying into his affairs? As Sally investigates, she begins a dangerous journey into the black heart of evil…
3. The Tiger in the Well:
The third book in Philip Pullman’s classic SALLY LOCKHART quartet in a beautiful new edition Sally Lockhart is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married – yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to this evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, and kill if necessary, for the freedom of her family. Philip Pullman’s ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012.
4. The Tin Princess:
Jim Taylor, Sally’s oldest friend, has just been hired as a bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia not what you’d expect. She’s a London slum-child who cannot read or write; a girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now she’s turned up in Razkavia, a tiny Central European country in political turmoil. The Crown Prince is deeply in love with her, and it’s easy to see why. Adelaide’s courage and determination set her apart. But there are others who hate Adelaide and what she stands for, and now her life is in mortal danger… This dramatic tale of love, loyalty and adventure is the final novel in the quartet.
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