Summary
In late seventeenth-century England, eleven-year-old Digory, forced to leave his hometown after his father is lost at sea, becomes an apprentice to the architect Henry Winstanley, who built a lighthouse on the treacherous Eddystone Reef -- the very rocks that sank Digory's grandfather's ship years b... Full description
Summary: |
In late seventeenth-century England, eleven-year-old Digory, forced to leave his hometown after his father is lost at sea, becomes an apprentice to the architect Henry Winstanley, who built a lighthouse on the treacherous Eddystone Reef -- the very rocks that sank Digory's grandfather's ship years before. |
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Physical Description: |
xiii, 224 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224). |
ISBN: |
9780439677035 0439677033 |
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