by Philip Pullman · Gallimard-Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070541881
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«Les Royaumes du Nord» is the young adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published by Gallimard-Jeunesse in paperback (482 pages, in French).
Lyra Belacqua grows up among scholars at Jordan College in Oxford, in a world where every person has a daemon that reflects their soul. When children disappear and a mysterious particle called Poussière emerges, she travels to the Far North: a territory of witches, armoured bears and zeppelins where she must discover her own destiny.
First instalment of the trilogy «À la croisée des mondes» (His Dark Materials series), originally published as «Northern Lights» in 1995. French edition translated by Jean Esch.
Aimed at young adult and adult readers, within the genre of young adult fantasy and adventure.
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.
