by Cornelia Funke · Siruela · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498416466
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«El caballero fantasma» is the fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, published by Siruela in hardcover (230 pages, in Spanish).
Jon Whitcroft, an eleven-year-old boy, enters a boarding school in Salisbury and is threatened by three vengeful ghosts who demand he pay for an old guilt of his surname. His friend Ella suggests he seek the protection of the medieval knight buried in the cathedral. The story is based on William Longespee, illegitimate son of King Henry II.
Third volume of the Las Tres Edades / Biblioteca Funke collection. Translation by Carlos Fortea, with illustrations by Friedrich Hechelmann. Original title: Geisterritter.
For young readers aged 12 and up, with a taste for ghost stories and young adult fantasy.
Cornelia Maria Funke is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1980s and focused primarily on fantasy-oriented stories that depict the lives of children faced with adversity. Funke has since become Germany's "bestselling author for children". Her work has been translated into several languages and, as of 2012, Funke has sold over 20 million copies of her books worldwide.
