num_pages: 259
description: Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful Gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English teacher.No one in the village of Karlstein dares to leave their home on All Souls Eve - the night Zamiel, the Demon Huntsman comes to claim his prey.But the evil Count Karlstein has struck a terrible bargin with Zamiel, and so the lives of his young nieces, Lucy and Charlotte,are in danger. Their only hope lies with Hildi, a castle maidservant, and her fearless brother, Peter. Can they save the girls from their dreadful fate? Only one thing is certain - the Demon Huntsman will not return to his dark wood unsatisfied!
language: English
title: Count Karlstein
titlecomplete: Count Karlstein
characters: Hildi Kelmar, Zamiel, the Demon Huntsman, Count Karlstein, Eliza, Lucy, Charlotte, Augusta Davenport, Arturo Snivelwurst, Doctor Cadaverezzi, Frau Muller, Peter Kelmar, Max Grindoff
genres: Fiction, Horror, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Childrens, Fantasy, Adventure, Gothic, Young Adult, Mystery
ratings_count: 2393
places: Switzerland
publisher: Doubleday