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Into a Strange Lost World

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Original title
  
The Perilous Descent

Publication date
  
1952

Pages
  
179

Author
  
Richard Hough

Illustrator
  
Tony Weare

Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

Originally published
  
1952

Page count
  
179

Country
  
United Kingdom

Publisher
  
The Bodley Head (UK) Thomas Y. Crowell (US)

Genres
  
Children's literature, Speculative fiction

Richard Hough books
  
The Potemkin Mutiny, Principles of Structure, The hunting of Force Z, Admirals in Collision, Captain Bligh & Mr Christian

Into a Strange Lost World is a children fiction novel by Richard Hough under the pen name of Bruce Carter. It was first published by The Bodley Head in 1952. It has also been published under the titles The Perilous Descent and 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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Into a Strange Lost World Wikipedia