This is the second book in John Christopher's 'Prince in Waiting' Trilogy.
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1971
New York, Macmillan, 1971
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Book Details:Paperback edition published by Puffin Books, London, 1987 re-issue. Sleeve notes:'That I don't believe! No-one can cross the Burning Lands. Whoever says so is a liar.' Luke is fascinated by the idea of the civilized lands existing beyond the great ring of volcanoes which surround Winchester. So he sets off across the Burning Lands, to become, in time, a hero. But something pulls him back. And his return is not as a worthy Prince in Waiting to his native city, but instead a nightmare of disgrace and almost certain death. This is the second book in John Christopher's powerful, disturbing trilogy of life in a violent England of the future. Book Source:Birmingham Libraries |
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Book Details:Paperback edition published by Puffin Books, London, 1973. Sleeve notes:'Guard, arrest this traitor,' said the Captain at the gate, and Luke's return as a worthy Prince in Waiting to his native city of Winchester crumbled and became instead a nightmare of disgrace, his home a dungeon, his future probable death, not even by the honorable sword. Book Source:Terry Jenkins |
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Book Details:Hardback edition published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1971 first edition. Sleeve notes:Luke, the central character, returns from Sanctuary to the world of conflict outside, and to renewed friendship with his half-brother Peter, the Prince of Winchester. He is, however, a pawn in Peter's power game until Peter is crushed by a devastating personal tragedy and loses interest in his destiny. Luke is once more named as Prince-In-Waiting, and is sent on an expedition to the land of the Wilsh, beyond the Burning Lands and into unknown territory and unknown dangers. In Klan Gothlen, the Wilsh city, Luke meets and is attracted to the Princess Blodwen, and when he later slays the fearful Bayemot he is acknowledged to be a fitting suitor for her. And so he returns in triumph to Winchester, but his triumph is short-lived and with dramatic suddenness his fortunes are reversed. John Christopher writes with masterly skill and such a conviction of the world he creates that it comes as a fresh shock to the reader each time he is reminded that it is a world of the future and not of the past. Book Source:Terry Jenkins |
