Into a Strange Lost World

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Into a Strange Lost World
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First edition (UK)
Author Richard Hough
Original titleThe Perilous Descent
Illustrator Tony Weare
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Publisher The Bodley Head (UK)
Thomas Y. Crowell (US)
Publication date
1952
Media typePrint
Pages179

Into a Strange Lost World is a novel for children written by Richard Hough but published under the pen name Bruce Carter, which Hough used for all his books aimed at children. It was first published by The Bodley Head in 1952. It has also been published under the titles The Perilous Descent and The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World. It tells the story of two English airmen shot down off the Dutch coast during the Second World War. They are washed up on a sandbar where they discover an entrance to an underground world.


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