Beowuff & the Horrid Hen

By:

Robin Price

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Paperback / softback

Series:

The Beowuff Saga

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Banished from his homeland, Viking dog Beowuff finds himself shipwrecked on a troubled island. Its King needs a champion. His hall is under attack from the hideous Hendel - an evil chicken of monstrous proportions. About the book: Beowuff's story echoes the tale of 'Beowulf' - one of the earliest recorded poems in Old English (Anglo-Saxon). 'It was surely only a matter of time before the creator of the witty and popular Spartapuss series of adventures, set in a feline-focused version of ancient Rome, found another historical direction to explore with his tireless punnery and scholarly attention to detail. Beowuff is a hilarious reimagining of the earliest recorded poem in Old English, combining shamelessly silly wordplay (for example, our furry and fallible hero must defeat Hendel, an evil, giant chicken) with authentically Anglo-Saxon literary language and conceits.'

Author Biography:

Professor Burns-Longship BA. MA. MoKC speaks five languages (three of them 'dead' and one on its last legs). Despite his widely reported spat with Dr Sven Smugaxe of the Stockholm Institute of Vikingology, Professor Burns-Longship is still generally acknowledged to be the world's leading authority on Viking dogs. He lives and works in the charming village of Wuffton-Basset, although his field-trips take him everywhere from Oxford to Oslo. When not translating Beowuff sagas, he writes for The Village Blog.

Release date Australia

July 24th, 2013

Author

Robin Price

Audience

Children's (6-12)

Contributor

Translated by Professor Burns-Longship

Illustrations

black & white illustrations

Pages

144

Series

The Beowuff Saga

Dimensions

140x216x7

ISBN-13

9781906132385

Product ID

10428786

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