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The Princess And Curdie

Title: The Princess And Curdie. Number of Pages: 76. Weight: 0.27 lbs. Publication Date: 2015-07-22. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

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ISBN	9781515194743
Book Title	Princess and Curdie
Publisher	CreateSpace
Item Length	9 in
Publication Year	2015
Format	Trade Paperback
Language	English
Item Height	0.2 in
Author	George George Macdonald
Genre	Fiction
Topic	Literary
Item Weight	5.9 Oz
Item Width	6 in
Number of Pages	76 Pages

Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Title:The Princess And CurdieISBN13:9781515194743ISBN10:1515194744Author:George MacDonald (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - It Has Been Two Years Since The Last Book Princess Irene And Her Father Go To Gwyntystorm, While Curdie (A Miner Boy Who Is The Friend Of The Princess) Stays At Home With His Mother And Father As The Years Go By, Curdie Begins To Hunt For Pleasure He Also Slowly Begins To Doubt Irene's Story Of Her Great-Great Grandmother One Day, He Shoots Down A White Pigeon Curdie Then Remembers Irene's Tale Of Her Grandmother's Pigeons, Assumes The One He Has Shot Down Was One Of Them, And Becomes Aware Of His Folly A Light Appears At The Roof Of The Castle, And Curdie Follows It There, Curdie Meets The Old Princess, Who Appears Small And Withered, Contrary To Irene's Descriptions The Old Princess Gently Tells Curdie Of His Wrong Thinking, And He Confesses Because He Now Believes, The Pigeon Heals He Is Then Told To Keep His Bow And Arrows But Use Them For Good Instead Of Bad Things The Old Princess Then Tells Curdie He Must Go On A Special Quest Before She Sends Him, She Burns His Hands In Her Special Fire Of Roses His Cleansed Hands Now Possess The Ability To Be Able To Feel The Hands Of His Fellow Men And Detect What Kind Of Person (Good Or Bad) They Are On The Inside She Also Gives Curdie's Father A Special Emerald To Keep While Curdie Is Away On The Quest If Curdie Is In Danger, The Emerald Will Change Colour, To Alert His Father To Go After Him Curdie Is Given A Monstrous Yet Friendly Beast, Lina, As His Only Travelling Companion Lina Saves Him From Many Perils As They Travel To Gwyntystorm Once They Reach Their Destination, Curdie's Task Becomes Clear: He Finds Himself At The King's Palace, Where The King Lies Weak And Ill In His Bedchamber With His Daughter Irene His Only Nurse Having Sneaked In To Spy On What Is Going On And Eavesdrop On The Palace Servants, Curdie Realises That The King's Doctor Is Actually Slowly Poisoning Him The Palace Servants And Courtiers Have All Become Morally Corrupt And Enemies Of The King No One Can Be Trusted And Both The Princess And The King Are In Mortal Danger, So Curdie Realises Why The Old Princess Has Sent Him: He Must Save The King (Irene's Father) From A Plot To Poison Him And Steal His Kingdom By Forcibly Marrying His Daughter Princess Irene To An Evil Pretender With The Aid Of The Old Princess, Who Has Been Disguised As A Housemaid, The King, His Daughter, And The Kingdom Are Saved Curdie And Princess Irene Are Later Married And Rule The Kingdom After The King Dies However, They Have No Children, And After They Both Die, The Kingdom Deteriorates Until One Day It Collapses And Has Never Been Spoken Of Again Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-07-22Weight:0.27 lbsDimensions:0.18'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:76Language:English