Jones Diana Wynne - Year Of The Griffin - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards University. 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). 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. 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. And when at length Elda ropes in her brothers Kit and Blade to send Corkoran to the moon well life at the Wizards University spins magically and magnificently out of control. This breathtakingly brilliant sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm is all one would expect from this master of genre.
Title: Year Of The Griffin
Author(s): Jones Diana Wynne
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780064473354
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/7/2001
Series: Derkholm