Emperor's Winding Sheet
1974
First Published
3.64
Average Rating
273
Number of Pages
An English boy, shipwrecked, hungry, and lost, finds his way into the court of Constantine where he is interpreted as a symbol of good luck and, as such, ordered to be kept always near the king.
Avg Rating
3.64
Number of Ratings
83
5 STARS
17%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
39%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Jill Paton Walsh
Author · 31 books
Jill Paton Walsh was born Gillian Bliss in London on April 29th, 1937. She was educated at St. Michael's Convent, North Finchley, and at St. Anne's College, Oxford. From 1959 to 1962 she taught English at Enfield Girls' Grammar School. Jill Paton Walsh has won the Book World Festival Award, 1970, for Fireweed; the Whitbread Prize, 1974 (for a Children's novel) for The Emperor's Winding Sheet; The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award 1976 for Unleaving; The Universe Prize, 1984 for A Parcel of Patterns; and the Smarties Grand Prix, 1984, for Gaffer Samson's Luck. Series: * Imogen Quy * Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane
