by Philip Pullman · Umbriel · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495618887
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«El conde Karlstein» is a children's and young adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published by Umbriel in hardback (224 pages, in Spanish).
In a Swiss village, the maid Hildi discovers that Count Karlstein must hand over Charlotte and Lucy to Zamiel, the devil who comes down to the forest every All Hallows' Night in search of souls, to settle his debt. Hildi seeks allies: her brother Peter, the former governess Miss Davenport, and the mysterious Mr. Brillantini.
The original title is Count Karlstein (1982); this Spanish edition was published in 2005 within the Umbriel juvenil collection.
Recommended for young readers aged 12 and up and for those who enjoy gothic fantasy and mystery stories.
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the Whitbread Award. In 2017, he started a companion trilogy, The Book of Dust, of which the final novel, The Rose Field, was published in October 2025.
