The Kestrel

Lloyd Alexander

Original title: The Kestrel (Firebird)

earliest edition we have, 1982 Puffin, 2002 256 pages

Theo is traveling through Westmark, learning about the country of which he will soon be Prince Consort. He is not surprised to find great poverty-Mickle (now known as Princess Augusta) could have told him that from her years on the street. His friend Florian could have told him about the aristocracy's graft and corruption. But neither could have foreseen a loaded pistol in the practiced hand of the assassin Skeit. Th...

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Editions we hold

The Kestrel edition · 2008 · 244 pages · 9781435279599
Kestrel edition · 2003 · Tandem Library · 244 pages · 9780613639569
The Kestrel (Firebird) edition · 2002 · Puffin · 256 pages · 9780141310695
The Kestrel paperback · 1991 · Laure Leaf · 9789993102595
The Kestrel edition · 1983 · Laurel Leaf · 9780440943938
The Kestrel edition · 1982 · Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · 244 pages · 9780606247276
The Kestrel edition · 1982 · Dutton · 244 pages

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