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Publication date 1977 topics cuthbert, saint, bishop of lindisfarne, ca. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Westall s work ranges from picture books to adult, often exploring how the past hits the present in dark and mysterious ways. The wind eye, by robert westall, for timeslip tuesday this weeks timeslip tuesday book is an older english one the wind eye, by robert westall upper mgya 1976, still in print. Listing books in this way is a problematic exercise and the following list is only intended as a rough guide. Cuthbert lived and died and, purportedly, routed a band of viking raiders.
Robert westall has 81 books on goodreads with 17052 ratings. Robert westall was born in north shields, northumberland, england in 1929. Robert westall while vacationing on a remote part of the northumberland coast, a troubled english family has a series of unsettling experiences traveling back in time and confronting the legendary power of st. Buy the wind eye book online at best prices in india on. The wind eye by robert westall, 1977, greenwillow books edition, in english. A comparison of robert westall s 1976 the wind eye and william maynes 1994 cuddy demonstrates what happens to the medieval view of the spiritual and the miraculous in the context of the unbelieving, scientific twentieth century. Buy the wind eye by robert westall online at alibris. His first published book the machine gunners 1975 which won him the carnegie medal is set in world war two when a group of children living on tyneside retrieve a machinegun from a crashed german aircraft. The kingdom by the sea by robert westall goodreads. He has been called the dean of british war novelists. Buy the wind eye book online at low prices in india.
His first book, the machine gunners, won the 1975 carnegie medal for the years outstanding childrens book by a. In the latter case, some deal with complex, dark and adult themes. Ghost abbey is an out of print book but is now available in kindle and ebook format. A modernday family tangles with saint cuthbert along the bleak coast of northumberland. The wind eye in print the kingdom by the sea in print. Robert atkinson westall 7 october 1929 15 april 1993 was an english author and teacher best known for fiction aimed at children and young adults. Books by robert westall author of the machinegunners. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases.
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