by Philip Pullman · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782072747625
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«Les Royaumes du Nord», by Philip Pullman, is the first novel of the fantasy trilogy «À la croisée des mondes» (Folio, paperback, 544 pp., in French).
Lyra grows up at Jordan College, Oxford, with her dæmon Pantalaimon. When her friend Roger disappears and kidnapped children appear, Lyra hears of Dust, a particle linked to the frozen territories of the North. On her journey she will meet gypsians and armoured bears, and discover that her destiny is tied to a conflict between worlds.
First instalment of «His Dark Materials», originally published as «Northern Lights» in 1995; the 2017 French edition is translated by Jean Esch.
For readers of young adult and adult fantasy who want to start the trilogy; it is the initial volume and the gateway to the series.
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.
