Find fantastic free resources and discover new books from award-winning authors

Books

Tales from Schwartzgarten: The Lily-Livered Prince

Book 3

Christopher William Hill, Author

Series: Tales from Schwartzgarten

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: February 5, 2015

Category: Crime & Mystery Fiction

ISBN: 9781408314579

A gruesomely funny series for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket.

Meet Eugene, the most portly of princes, and Kalvitas, the most courageous of chocolate makers.

Theirs is a tale of cakes and cowardice, bullies and battles, as they set out to defeat a terrifying tyrant.

The characters are CURSED. The deserts are DEADLY. And people are NOT always as they appear…

With cover and chapter head artwork by Chris Riddell.

Reviews

If you like historical stories full of adventure with plenty of twist and turns, then you must read this. You won't want to put it down.

The Guardian

Readers who enjoyed the Lemony Snicket books will love the exaggerated macabre details and the ironic authorial comments which punctuate the narrative

School Librarian

Christopher William Hill

Christopher William Hill was born in Truro, in Cornwall – a little jaundiced, but that was to be expected in the grim days of the 1970s. His mother was a former nurse, so Christopher grew up with a copy of Black’s Medical Dictionary to hand, which was ideal reading matter for an enthusiastic hypochondriac. He liked acting and putting on silly voices, and collecting ancient relics which he gathered in a large walk-in wardrobe that called his ‘museum’. Christopher loves walking, ocean liners, airships, Victoriana and cake shops.