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David and the Phoenix

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Description: "When David meets the Phoenix, the bird is about to fly to Peru to escape the Scientist. Instead the two join forces, baffle their persecutor, and enjoy a wonderful summer of extraordinary and very funny adventures."
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1958.
Call number: 660746
Creator: Ormondroyd, Edward(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the library of Kim Stanley Robinson.
Dimensions: 22 cm

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The story of the Glittering Plain : which has been also called the Land of Living Men or the Acre of the Undying

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When Hallblithe's betrothed is carried off in a strange ship, he sets off alone on a long search for her over land and sea. This leads him through many exciting adventures, first on the Isle of Ransom and then on the Glittering Plain, or the Acre of the Undying, where men find eternal youth. In this false paradise he is disappointed again, but learns of the purpose of the abduction--to lure him away--and makes his escape to continue the search. The strange, semi-medieval language which Morris creates is wonderfully evocative of the distant past, and this exotic and often comic story is one of his most fresh and colourful romances.

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The story of the Glittering Plain. : Which has been also called the Land of Lliving Men or the Acre of the Undying

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