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Jango (Noble Warriors Trilogy)
Jango (Noble Warriors Trilogy)
hardback
Published:
4 September, 2006
Description
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781405224222 |
| ISBN10 | 1405224223 |
| Number Of Pages | 432 |
| Item Weight | 580 g |
| Product Dimensions | 138 x 42 x 198 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Egmont Books Ltd |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | 1st. Edition : 1st. Printing |
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Author's Bio
His plays for television include Shadowlands and Life Story, both of which won the BAFTA Best Television Drama award. In 1988 he received the Royal Television Society's Writer's Award. His first play, an adaptation of Shadowlands, was Evening Standard Best Play of 1990, and went on to a Tony-award winning run on Broadway. He was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay of the film version. Since then he has written more films - Sarafina, Nell, First Knight, Grey Owl, and Gladiator (as co-writer), for which he received a second Oscar nomination. He has written and directed his own film, Firelight; and three further stage plays, Map of the Heart, Katherine Howard and The Retreat from Moscow. His novel for older children, The Wind Singer, won the Smarties Prize in 2000, it was also shortlisted for the Blue Peter Award 2001. Its sequel, Slaves of the Mastery, was published in May 2001. The first book of his new trilogy Seeker was published in 2005 and received wide acclaim.