His Dark Materials #3
The Amber Spyglass
But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him.
The two great powers of the many worlds are lining up for war, and Will must find Lyra, for together they are on their way to battle, an inevitable journey that will even take them to the world of the dead...
465 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 10,2000
This edition
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465 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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September 9, 2003 by Laurel Leaf
- ISBN
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9780440238157
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0440238153
- Language
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English
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Lyra Belacqua
A young girl who inhabits a universe parallel to our own. Brought up in the cloistered world of Jordan College, Oxford, she finds herself embroiled in a cosmic war between angels and a pseudodeity called The Authority. Source: Wikipedia and Wikipedia.&hel...
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Will Parry
A 12-year-old boy who befriends Lyra Belacqua when he meets her in the world of Cittàgazze and teams up with her in order to uncover the mysteries of Dust. Source: Wikipediamore...
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Mary Malone
Dr. Mary Malone is a physicist from Wills world (which is supposed to be the world in which the reader and author live), who is investigating dark matter, known also as Dust, and is told she must play the part of the Serpent for the second Adam and ...
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Pantalaimon
Pantalaimon is Lyras dæmon. We first meet him in the form of a moth, camouflaging with the dark wooden atmosphere of Jordan College. He takes many forms throughout the trilogy, but is most often seen as an ermine, a wildcat or a mouse. He even takes...
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Lord Asriel
A member of the aristocracy in a universe parallel to our own. Lord Asriel is a military leader and a fellow of Jordan College, Oxford, as well as the guardian of Lyra Belacqua.more...
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Iorek Byrnison
Iorek Byrnison is a male armoured bear (panserbjørn in Norwegian). Like all Panserbjørn, Iorek follows a very strict code of conduct, and will not, in any situation, betray a promise he has made. He possesses incredible strength, and like many of his kind...
About the author
Northern Lights, the first volume in His Dark Materials, won the 1995 Carnegie Medal of the Library Association as the year's outstanding English-language children's book. For the Carnegie's 70th anniversary, it was named in the top ten by a panel tasked with compiling a shortlist for a public vote for an all-time favourite. It won that public vote and was named all-time "Carnegie of Carnegies" in June 2007. It was filmed under the book's US title, The Golden Compass. In 2003, His Dark Materials trilogy ranked third in the BBC's The Big Read, a poll of 200 top novels voted by the British public.
