Beautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy, and when he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another. So, when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts (no survivors) her heart is broken. But her charms draw the attention of the relentless Prince Humperdinck who wants a wife and will go to any lengths to have Buttercup. So starts a fairy tale like no other, of fencing, poison, true love, hate, revenge, giants, bad men, good men, snakes, spiders, chases, escapes, lies, truths, passion and miracles, and a damn fine story.
By:
William Goldman
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 22mm
ISBN: 9780747590583
ISBN 10: 0747590583
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 October 2008
Audience:
Young adult
,
12+ years
,
Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents: Joel Kahn, Demons, Commodities and the History of Anthropology -- Susan Love Brown, The 'Free Market' as Salvation from Government: The Anarcho-Capitalist View -- James G. Carrier, Mr Smith, Meet Mr Hawken -- Alan Smart, Oriental Despotism and Sugar-Coated Bullets: Representations of the 'Market' in China -- Carol Maclennan, Democracy under the Influence: Cost/Benefit and 'Market' Oversight of Governance -- Malcolm Chapman & Peter J. Buckley, Transaction Cost Economics and Boundaries: The Firm and the 'Market', Economics and Anthropology -- William Roseberry, Conclusion
Author Website:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/Authors/details.aspx?tpid=1600
William Goldman has been writing books and movies for over forty-five years. He has won two Academy Awards (for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men) and three Lifetime Achievement awards in screenwriting. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for Princess Bride
'A swash-buckling comic fantasy fairytale adventure my favourite book in all the world' Waterstone's Guide to Kid's Books
