Lyra's Oxford

Name: Lyra's Oxford
Rating: 3.5610687022900764 (131 reviews)
Author: Philip Pullman
ISBN: 9780385606998

by Philip Pullman, John Lawrence

3.6

(131 ratings)

His Dark Materials #464 pages22 editions2003His Dark MaterialsISBN 9780385606998

Belacqua, Lyra (Fictitious character)FictionOxford (England)

About this book

LYRA'S OXFORD opens in the thrilling comfort and familiarity of Jordan College, where Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon sit on the sun-drenched roof looking out over all of Oxford. But their peace is shattered when a strange bird-a witch's daemon, on its own-tumbles out of the sky. It is Ragi, daemon of Yelena Pazhets, and he seeks a healing elixir from an infamous Oxford alchemist (and rumored man slaughterer) to cure his witch of a strange new disease from the South. Lyra and Pan decide to help and guide him-witches are friends, of course-but the closer their winding walk leads them to the alchemist's house, the stronger Lyra's sense that she's walking into a deadly trap.

Publication Details

Publisher: His Dark Materials
Published: 2003
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9780385606998
Language: en
Editions: 22

About Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, *His Dark Materials*, and his fictional biography of Jesus, *The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ*. The first of *His Dark Materials* has been turned into the film The Golden Compass and the first two books from his Sally Lockhart series have been adapted for television. In 2008, The Times named Pullman in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman