2006年10月24日 · Long ago a Scandinavian warrior fought three evils so powerful they threatened whole kingdoms. Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, Beowulf …

2006年10月24日 · In this retelling, British Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo breathes new vitality into the oldest English epic, originally written around 1000 A.D.--the tale of Beowulf, a …

Beowulf's terrifying quest to destroy the foul fiend Grendel, his mother a hideous sea-hag, and a monstrous fire-dragon is the oldest surviving epic in British literature. Artfully retold and …

Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, Beowulf single-handedly saves the land of the Danes from a merciless ogre named Grendel and then from his sea-hag mother. But it is his …

Summary: Told with drama and grandeur and illustrated with vigour and mysticism, this latest version of the Beowulf story for children will become a classic, more than worthy of its …