October 3rd 2006 the ending of this book deals with some extremely interesting topics, DWJ books are always more than they appear to be. The Pinhoe Egg is set in our time, during the tenure of Christopher Chant, who is Chrestomanci in five of the seven books and is often called Chrestomanci as a personal name. This apparently is the last of the Chrestomanci series of which I have read a few of the earlier ones so I wasn't as lost as perhaps I might have been afterwards, at least knowing about Chrestomanci, the castle, Cat who is the nine-lived enchanter understudy to be the next Chrestomanci, Millie, Chrestomanci's wife and an enchanter in her own right, and their children Roger and Julia, plus Janet the girl from our world who ended up stranded in Chrestomanci's world after Cat's nasty sister Gwendol. He is a disappointment to the family, but he'd fixed it that way on purpose. Share the fantasy: listen to all of our Chrestomanci titles. Readers’ questions about The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci, #6). The Pinhoe Egg, of which the book of the same name is eponymous, is a mysterious object that is found in the cluttered attics at Woods House, the historic home of the Pinhoe clan in the village of Ulverscote, near Chrestomanci Castle. Such a bounty of interesting characters and that vintage slight Diana Wynne Jones strangeness. The Pinhoe Egg A Chrestomanci Book To Greer Gilman Contents Chapter One At the beginning of the Summer holidays, while Chrestomanci and… Chapter Two Marianne meant to follow Joe home, but Mum came out… Chapter Three Everyone gathered soon after dawn in the yard of the… Chapter Four You go and find who you really are, and don't let anyone stop you.”, Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2007), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2007). This, the final book in the series, is about two children from very different cultures living side-by-side who somehow manage to be change agents despite everything including their own personalities working against them. This is a Chrestomanci book, so don't read it unless you've read at least the first one (. An egg that has been hidden away in an attic for who-knows-how-many years. The Pinhoe Egg is a children's fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2006. An egg protected by some strong “Don't Notice” spells. Marianne Pinhoe's family tries to keep their magic a secret. It’s a bit like Downton Abbey…with magic! And the Pinhoes certainly are guilty of that. Price New from Used from Library Binding "Please retry" AED 82.70 . An egg. The Pinhoe Egg is part of the Chrestomanci series and takes you into a world where two very different kinds of magic collide with surprising results; there are feuds, battles, and travels into other worlds. Saddened by the passing of Diana Wynne Jones, I thought it appropriate to commemorate her by dipping into her vast bibliography of books. An egg protected by some strong “Don't Notice” spells. Conrad’s Fate comes in a close second. In the same year she married John Burrow, a scholar of medieval literature, with whom she had three sons, Richard, Michael and Colin. An egg protected by some strong “Don't Notice” spells. She, by her faithful gardener and Marianne, is called "Princess Irene." I'm meandering through the Chrestomanci books - haven't reread them in ages - and I'd forgotten how entertaining they are! To see what your friends thought of this book, No, you do not have to read the series in an order, because the only same character in all the books in the Chrestomanci, ( well, except for other not. Just a very delightful book all the way around, and wholly satisfying. After a brief period in London, in 1957 the couple returned to Oxford, where they stayed until moving to Bristol in 1976. This is Diana Wynne Jones at her most maddening brilliance: she manages to make ordinary events so important and diverting, and then tightens the screws by making everything happen at once, in an almost slapdash way, and then suddenly everything comes together, and it becomes obvious that she's been telling a different story under the surface the entire time. This, the final book in the series, is about two children from very different cultures living side-by-side who somehow manage to be change agents despite everything inc. Diana Wynne Jones does so much with The Pinhoe Egg and makes it look so simple and easy. He isn't really interested in the work, however, and mostly idles about. She is an enchantress, although her mother trains her up to be a witch. I do love me some Chrestomanci in his dressing gowns XD, The best part, as always, was Chrestomanci's dressing gowns. ©2006 Diana Wynne Jones (P)2007 Recorded Books. An egg. An egg protected by some strong “Don't Notice” spells. Unlike some of the novels preceding it Chrestomanci doesn’t just have a walk-on part at the end but takes on the most integrated role in proceedings since Charmed Life, the very first Chrestomanci story of all. She is described as having an "Egyptian profile, with dark hair." I think this might be my very favorite of the Chrestomanci books. Which makes me sound like a prig, but seriously, her books are always totally original. Because Jones opened this story with tensions between two local extended families - neighbors, and none too fond, of Chrestomanci Castle - I thought at first it was going to be another riff on cliches, Awwh man, this was definitely my favourite of the Chrestomanci series - such a shame it was the last one! Julia Chant: Julia is the daughter of Chrestomanci and Millie. Even so, in the village around Chrestomanci Castle, all sorts of secret… I read it on it's own, not knowing it was part of a series, and it seemed fine but maybe it would be more enjoyable as a series? Pinhoe Egg, the fifth book in her popular Chrestomanci series, brings back Cat Chant. The Pinhoe Egg, By Diana Wynne Jones. He likes to fix up contraptions using magic and machinery, and he and Roger try to turn it into a lucrative business scheme. “I have worldwide blisters. 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