This breathtakingly brilliant sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm is all one would expect from this master of genre. And when, at length, Elda ropes in her brothers Kit and Blade to send Corkoran to the at the Wizards' University spins magically and magnificently out of control. Year of the Griffin, later The Year of the Griffin in the UK, is a fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones, published 2000 simultaneously in the UK and the US It is the sequel to The Dark Lord of Derkholm, set primarily at the University several years after that novels radical conclusion. Wizard Corkoran's money-making scheme backfires, and when Elda and her new friends start working magic on their own, the schemes go wronger still. But Wizard Corkoran is dismayed to discover that one of those students - indeed, one he had such high hopes for, Wizard Derk's own daughter Elda - is a hugh golden griffin, and that none of the others has any money at all. In a career spanning four decades, award-winning author Diana Wynne Jones. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families - for surely they must all come from wealth, important families - and obtaining money for the University (which it so desperately needs).

Ibid., 81 Jones, Answers to Some Questions, 11. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Year of the Griffin, later The Year of the Griffin in the UK, is a fantasy novel by the British author Diana Wynne Jones, published 2000 simultaneously in. Diana Wynne Jones, Year of the Griffin (London: Victor Gollancz, 2000), 42. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing. 24 cm When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards University, she encounters new friends, pirates. Publication date 2000 Topics Griffins - Fiction, Magic - Fiction, Schools - Fiction, Fantasy. It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. Former library book may include library markings. Year of the griffin by Jones, Diana Wynne.

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