Where Were You, Robert?

First edition in English. 8vo. Pp. xvi, 253, [3 (blank)]. Burgundy cloth boards, stamped in silver to spine. Jacket design by Sara Fanelli. B/w eye illustrations taken from Klinische Darstellungen der Krankheiten des menschlichen Auges, published by Dr Friedrich August von Ammon, Berlin 1838.

Translated from the German Wo warst du, Robert? (1998), by Anthea Bell. Winner of the 2003 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation. Published under the title Lost in Time by Henry Holt & Co. in the U.S.

A time traveller tale and an evocative novel for readers of all ages. A Europe-wide bestseller. "A magnificently complex and imaginatively satisfying fantasy. It will surely stand beside such classics of the genre as Philippa Pearce's Tom's Midnight Garden, Michael Ende's The Neverending Story and Philip Pullman's Northern Lights." –New Books in German