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      The Devil on the Road

      by Robert Westall
      Published
      Aug 1979
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      248
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      About This Book

      Caught in a freak storm, John Webster takes shelter in an old barn with weird symbols carved in the doors. The landowner offers him a place to stay and John, on leave from University, takes him up on the offer.

      But it turns out the barn has more history than he first suspected. A portal back in time, to be precise. He meets the beautiful Johanna, who is being tracked by the Witch Finder General. Modern science says that witches aren't real... but then, neither are portals back in time, so what can John believe?

      John finds himself torn between the past and the present, caught in a web of magic, mystery, suspicion and witchhunts.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Fantasy

      Age Level

      Young Adult / Teens

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      Sep 1981 Penguin ISBN13 9780140313581 ISBN10 0140313583
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      Nov 1985 Ace ISBN13 9780441142903 ISBN10 0441142907
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      First Edition Aug 1979 William Morrow ISBN13 9780688842277 ISBN10 0688842275
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      Jan 1979 Greenwillow ISBN13 9780688802271 ISBN10 0688802273
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      Jan 2023 Gateway ISBN13 9781473230491 ISBN10 1473230497
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