by Susan Cooper · Klett Sprachen GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783125781474
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«King of Shadows» is Susan Cooper's historical fantasy novel for young adults, published by Klett Sprachen GmbH in paperback (190 pages, in English).
Nat Field, a young American actor, travels to London to perform in a replica of the Globe, falls ill, and wakes up in 1599, in the midst of Elizabethan theatre. The novel follows his participation in A Midsummer Night's Dream and his bond with William Shakespeare, who becomes the father figure he lacks. Time travel, friendship, and theatre intertwine.
School edition for level B1, with the complete original text in English and annotations by Hartmut Klose. Part of the Young Adult Literature: Klett English Editions series.
Intended for English students and young readers interested in Shakespeare, theatre, and time travel.
Susan Mary Cooper is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology such as the Arthurian legends and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. In 2024, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 40th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy.
