{"product_id":"the-secret-commonwealth-the-book-of-dust-volume-two-from-the-world-of-philip-pullmans-his-dark-materials-now-a-major-bbc-series-the-book-of-dust-2","title":"The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two: From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series (The Book of Dust, 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is twenty years since the events of \u003ci\u003eLa Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One\u003c\/i\u003e unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt is almost ten years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford's Botanic Gardens at the end of the ground-breaking, bestselling \u003ci\u003eHis Dark Materials\u003c\/i\u003e sequence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNow, in \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet Lyra Silvertongue. And she is no longer a child . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second volume of Philip Pullman's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e sees Lyra, now twenty years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm; once a boy with a boat and a mission to save a baby from the flood, now a man with a strong sense of duty and a desire to do what is right.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Theirs is a world at once familiar and extraordinary, and they must travel far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into Asia, in search for what is lost - a city haunted by daemons, a secret at the heart of a desert, and the mystery of the elusive Dust.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e is truly a book for our times; a powerful adventure and a thought-provoking look at what it is to understand yourself, to grow up and make sense of the world around you. This is storytelling at its very best from one of our greatest writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *The first book in The Book of Dust trilogy, \u003ci\u003eLa Belle Sauvage\u003c\/i\u003e, is coming to the stage in the summer of this year. Performed at The Bridge Theatre from July 2020, it will be a theatrical spectacle not to be missed*\u003cbr\u003e _____\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[Pullman] has created a fantasy world, made yet more satisfying in rigour and stylistic elegance. This is a book for getting older with\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian, Book of the Week\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e is ablaze with light and life. The writing is exquisite; every sentence sings ... To read Pullman is to experience the world refreshed, aglow, in Technicolour\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ei\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Pullman's story is still thought-provoking ... This book elegantly weaves in live issues, from Europe's refugee crisis to facts in the post-truth era. And Pullman's prose is rewarding as ever\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A long, taxing, complex journey, laced with beauty, terror and philosophy\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As ever, Pullman's story is complex and vast but home to some of the finest storytelling in the 21st century. Revel in whole new worlds and enjoy one of literature's most wonderful heroines before she comes to HBO and the BBC\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Pullman is confronting readers with the horrors of our own world reflected back at us. In \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Commonwealth\u003c\/i\u003e he creates a fearful symmetry\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/philip-pullman-books\"\u003ePhilip Pullman\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e David Fickling Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0241373336\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Fickling Books","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47909767086257,"sku":"SB-0241373336-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241373336.jpg?v=1789183607","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-secret-commonwealth-the-book-of-dust-volume-two-from-the-world-of-philip-pullmans-his-dark-materials-now-a-major-bbc-series-the-book-of-dust-2","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}