The Golden Shadow
by Leon Garfield, Edward Blishen
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Retells in a continuous narrative the activities and adventures of the Greek gods and goddesses and their relationships with each other and with human beings.Tags
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The authors' adaptations of several Greek myths, each held together by the common figure of the "Old Storyteller." Stories of Atalanta, Meleager, Heracles [Hercules] and a childhood incident, his Twelve Labors, life with Omphale, and death, also Peleus. Beautiful literary retellings, more complete than the usual. In the Twelve Labors, the authors draw on the version in which Heracles is helped by Iolaus. Interesting black-and-white drawings complement the tales.
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Author Leon Garfield was born in Brighton, England on July 14, 1921. When World War II began, he stopped studying art and joined the British Army Medical Corps. While posted in Belgium, he met Vivien Alcock, who would later become his wife as well as a popular children's author. After the war, he worked as a biochemical laboratory technician until show more the 1960's when he became a full-time writer. He wrote more than thirty books for both children and adults and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television. His second book, Devil-in-the-Fog won the first ever Guardian Award and was made into a television series. He also won the Carnegie Medal for The God Beneath the Sea, the Whitbread Award for John Diamond, and the Phoenix Award for Smith. His novel Black Jack was made into a full-length feature film and was the joint winner of the International Jury Award at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. He died in London on June 2, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Edward Blishen was born on April 29, 1920. He was an English author and broadcaster. He may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, and illustrated by Charles Keeping. For The God Beneath the Sea, Blishen and Garfield won the 1970 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, show more recognizing the year's best children's book in England. Blishen was born in Hertfordshire, England. He died on December 13, 1996. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Slangen in de kinderkamer : het verhaal van de Griekse helden
- Original title
- The Golden Shadow
- Original publication date
- 1973; 1997 (Nederlandse vertaling) (Nederlandse vertaling)
- People/Characters
- Heracles
- Original language*
- Engels
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- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Tween
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .G17943 .G — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Danish, Dutch, English, German
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
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