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Westmark (novel)

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Plot summary
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Series
Awards
Notes
References

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| name = Westmark
| image = Image:LloydAlexander Westmark.jpg
| border = no
| caption = First edition
| author = Lloyd Alexander
| illustrator =
| cover_artist =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Westmark
| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = 1981 (E. P. Dutton)
| media_type = Print (hardcover & paperback)
| pages = 184 (first edition, hardcover)
| isbn = 0-525-42335-4
| isbn_note = (first edition, hard)
| congress = PZ7.A3774 We 1981
| oclc = 6735668
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = The Kestrel
}}Westmark (1981) is a fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander, named for a fictional kingdom that is its setting. Alternatively, Westmark is a trilogy named for the novel, its first book. The novel won a 1982 National Book Award.

There are mentions of Upper Brasil and the Roman Pantheon.

Westmark (1981)
The Kestrel (1982)
The Beggar Queen (1984)

The Kestrel features Westmark invaded by a larger, more militaristic neighboring kingdom, Regia -- possibly an analogue of Prussia, as Westmark is of France. Theo becomes one of the leaders of the resistance fighters operating behind the Regian lines, under the nom de guerre "the Kestrel". One reviewer calls it "an imaginary kingdom with a post-Napoleonic cast".^[4]

The Beggar Queen features Westmark in transition, with the former urchin Mickle now its queen.

Awards

1982 - National Book Award for Children's Books, category Fiction (hardcover).^[1]^[2]

Notes

1. ^¹[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1982 "National Book Awards – 1982"]. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
2. ^¹From 1980 to 1983 in National Book Award history there were dual awards for hardcover and paperback books in many categories. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints.
3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=b2YEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22beggar+queen%22+lloyd+alexander&hl=en&ei=_ijkTJ4ug7zyBrO1tJ8N&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=10&ved=0CFwQuwUwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22beggar%20queen%22%20lloyd%20alexander&f=false "Some Fantastic Stories"] (review of The Beggar Queen). Jon C. Halter. Boys Life. August 1984. Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
4. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/25/books/a-political-education.html A Political Education] (review of The Kestrel). Georgess McHargue. The New York Times. 24 April 1982. Retrieved 2011-12-23.

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