Name: The Thief Lord
SKU: 3143355
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Author: Funke, Cornelia ; Birmingham, Christian
ISBN: 9780545227704

Type

Physical Book

Author

Cornelia Funke

Illustrated by

Christian Birmingham

Publisher

Chicken House

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.2x13.5x2.8 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN

9780545227704

ISBN13

9780545227704

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Thief Lord"

The enchanting international bestseller with bonus back matter and a beautiful new cover!Two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Venice, where crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street urchins. Leader of this motley crew of lost children is a clever, charming boy with a dark history of his own: He calls himself the Thief Lord.Propser and Bo relish their new "family" and life of petty crime. But their cruel aunt and a bumbling detective are on their trail. And posing an even greater threat to the boys' freedom is something from a forgotten past: a beautiful magical treasure with the power to spin time itself.

Cornelia Funke

(Author)

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Cornelia Funke was born in the German town of Dorsten in 1958. She studied higher education in pedagogy and illustration and soon began working as a book illustrator and writing for a younger audience.

She is the author of more than 40 books that have been translated into 30 languages and numerous television scripts. One of the scripts that has been made into a film is Inkheart. By 2025, she received recognition from Time magazine as one of the hundred most influential people in the world.

Her books have received numerous awards such as the BookSense, Book of the Year Children's Literature, USA 2006; Silver Slate, Dutch award for children's literature 2006 or the best book of the year 2005 at the Disney Adventures Book Awards for Inkspell.

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