On This Page
Description
In a magical land, a poor farmer is entrusted with the care of an infant who is destined to become a good and wise queen and bring about the downfall of the evil sorceress who is the present queen.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
The book follows the movie pretty closely. There are a few added tibbits that are kind of fun, but that is about it. Overall, I still enjoyed reading it.
En las mazmorras del castillo de la malvada reina hechicera Bavmorda, una prisionera da a luz una niña que, de acuerdo a una antigua profecÃa, pondrá fin al oscuro reinado de la hechicera. La comadrona salva a la niña de la ira de Bavmorda, pero se ve obligada a arrojar su cuna al rÃo antes de ser alcanzada por sus perros de presa. Cuando el joven Willow Ufwood encuentra al bebé abandonado, de repente se ve metido en una aventura llena de magia y peligro
Dec 25, 2010Spanish
Escortée par les Chiens de la Mort et des cavaliers, une colonne de chariots serpentait sur la route qui descendait des collines du Sud en direction des murailles de Nockmaar. C'était le premier soir du dernier quartier de la lune, et le Rassemblement mensuel commençait : les troupes et les Chiens de la Mort ramenaient toutes les femmes enceintes de plus de six mois pour les livrer à la reine Bavmorda. Parmi ces femmes se trouvait peut-être celle qui mettrait au monde l'Enfant, la fille du soleil et de la lune, l'impératrice de tous les royaumes. Car il était écrit que cette enfant viendrait du Sud, et qu'elle porterait le signe, à la saignée du bras. Et il était écrit qu'elle seule pourrait sauver le monde des forées du show more Mal qu'incarnait Bavmorda... show less
Aug 14, 2010French
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
All Editions
Some Editions
Series
Belongs to Publisher Series
Drakar & Demoner (8)
Work Relationships
Is an adaptation of
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Willow [novelization based on the screenplay]
- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters
- Willow Ufgood; Queen Bavmorda; Elora Danaan; Madmartigan
- Important places
- Nockmaar
- Related movies
- Willow (1988 | IMDb)
- Epigraph
- Forget all you know or think you know: Abandon power and enforced decree. Inward, where the deepest rivers flow, Find the currents of eternity. . . . The book of Fin Raziel
- First words
- How beautiful were the Death Dogs!
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There they stood a long time in one another's arms, content with that simple life, at peace in the Mystery of that green world.
- Disambiguation notice
- Not the same work as Willow by Joan D. Vinge. This work by Wayland Drew is a longer adaptation based on the screenplay. The work by Vinge is a shorter adaptation based on the film.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 850
- Popularity
- 31,972
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.39)
- Languages
- 10 — Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 16
- ASINs
- 8
