The Silver Sword
by Serraillier, Ian
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140301461
- ISBN 13
- 9780140301465
- Seller
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
Synopsis
IAN SERRAILLIER was born in London in 1912, the eldest of four children. When he was only six years old, Ian's father died, and as his mother was often not very well, he looked after his younger siblings, especially during their long summer holidays in Switzerland. After university, he became a teacher and a writer. When the Second World War broke out, Ian refused to fight, because he believed it is wrong ever to kill another person. Many people who believed this were sent to prison, but fortunately Ian was allowed to continue to teach. After the war, the newspapers were full of pictures of the ruined cities of Europe, and the children who had been orphaned or made homeless by the war. Ian was determined to tell their story. Ruth, Edek, Jan and Bronia are all based on real children, and even the silver sword paper knife was real. Ian Serraillier wrote many children's books but The Silver Sword is his most famous and most beloved, and it has never been out of print.
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- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria (BG)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15127
- Title
- The Silver Sword
- Author
- Serraillier, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Reprint; Thirty-Eighth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0140301461
- ISBN 13
- 9780140301465
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Mass Market PB
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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- Fine
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