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The Iron Woman
- Narrator
- Ted Hughes
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 7 June 2018
- Run Time
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
The streaming shape reared . . . like a sudden wall of cliff, pouring cataracts of black mud and clotted, rooty lumps of reeds.
Mankind for has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge.
Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction.
She needs help. Who better to call on but Hogarth and the Iron Man . . . ?
A sequel and companion volume to Ted Hughes' The Iron Man, this digital edition of the author's evocative reading will be treasured by a new generation of readers.
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Details
- Author
- Ted Hughes, illustrated by Andrew Davidson
- Narrator
- Ted Hughes
- Duration
- 2 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9780571348848
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Children's / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children's / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Synopsis
The streaming shape reared . . . like a sudden wall of cliff, pouring cataracts of black mud and clotted, rooty lumps of reeds.Mankind for has polluted the seas, lakes and rivers. The Iron Woman has come to take revenge.Lucy understands the Iron Woman's rage and she too wants to save the water creatures from their painful deaths. But she also wants to save her town from total destruction.She needs help. Who better to call on but Hogarth and the Iron Man . . . ?A sequel and companion volume to Ted Hughes' The Iron Man, this digital edition of the author's evocative reading will be treasured by a new generation of readers.
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