In the house of the court sorcerer William Norland, space and time behave according to their own magical laws. A single door leads anywhere - to the bedrooms, and to the kitchen, and to mountain caves, and to the past, and to the royal library. A relative of the sorcerer, young Charmain, willy-nilly forced to figure out how a house with character works - and as a result finds herself in the thick of court intrigues. The good king and his daughter are trying to find out why the kingdom has fallen into decay and find the lost Elven Gift, and for this they call for help the powerful sorceress Sophie - yes, yes, the same one already familiar to readers from "The Walking Man" and "Castle in the Air", - and she arrives at the court, accompanied by the fiery demon Calcifer and two charming little boys, one of whom is her son Morgan, but the second has prepared a surprise for everyone ...
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Illustrations: Vladislav Baranov
Translation: Anastasia Brodotskaya
Pages: 432 (offset). Hard cover
Dimensions: 126x200 mm
