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Cassiopeia’s New Star
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Data
1 book
270 pages, colour
18.2 x 12.85
Ages 12 and up
Published in Swedish
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Anders Worm
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
Charming and warm historic drama comedy. About renaissance science and the discovery of a new star in 1572 (a Super nova). Based on the Astronomer with the golden nose, Tycho Brahe’s (and his struggling sister Sofie’s) life and work, until his death at the court of Emperor Rudolf II Habsburg in Prague 1601.
Anders Worm
Anders Worm grew up in Roskilde, Denmark. His animation film from the National Film School of Denmark was in the Cannes Film Festival’s 2001 official selection. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden and works from his own studio for Television and Film. More than seven years were spent on research and production of the graphic novel debut, Cassiopeia’s New Star, before it was released in 2023.
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