Charles Keeping

Charles Keeping

  • 5 stars across 12 books
Leon Garfield was born in Brighton in 1921. He was the acclaimed author of more than thirty novels for children and adults including Devil in the Fog, winner of the inaugural Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1967, The God Beneath the Sea, winner of the 1970 Carnegie Medal, and John Diamond, winner of the 1980 Whitbread literary award. He was also elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. He died in 1996.
27th June 2013

Beowulf

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5th September 2013

The Highwayman

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman c... MoreThe Highwayman

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3rd January 2005

A Boy and His Bike

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4th April 2013

Dawn Wind

The boy lay in the silence of the great battlefield, gazing at his own hand spread on the ground beside him. The hand mo... MoreDawn Wind

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30th January 2014

God Beneath The Sea

Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen retells some of the most famous Greek myths in this classic of children's literature. T... MoreGod Beneath The Sea

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15th May 1998

Ghost in the Mine

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5th September 2013

The Lady Of Shalott

Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott. ... MoreThe Lady Of Shalott

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20th February 1999

The Lady Of Shalott

The award winning artist Charles Keeping, breathes new life into Tennyson's romantic poem. Keeping's evocative pictures ... MoreThe Lady Of Shalott

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31st December 1994

Warrior Scarlet

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1st September 1987

The Tale of Sir Gawain

As Sir Gawain lies wounded and feverish outside Sir Lancelot's castle, he tells of the deeds and adventures of the Knigh... MoreThe Tale of Sir Gawain

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