To buy, click here Age: 8 - 14 In 'The slave-girl from Jerusalem' A girl named Hephzibah has been accused of murdering three men all with a special part in a will written by one of the murdered individuals. It is the thirteenth of the Roman Mysteriessequence and one of the best by far. Will Flavia, Nubia, Johnathon, and Lupus be able to solve this crisis as they have done so many others? Only you can find out!
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To buy, click here Age: 9 - 16 Its 17th century Italy and the boy-gypsy Matteo is being pursued by his employer, the evil brigand Sandino for stealing an artifact Matteo stole for him. After killing sevral priests and final finding Matteo, Sandino is backing him into a large river, planning to kill him when he gets hold of the precious artifact. Luckily, Matteo falls into the water and is swept down the river to Sandino's outrage, over a waterfall, and safely onto a bank. Wandering through the woods, far from Sandino and safe for now, he coincidentally stumbles across the camp of the famous artist, poet, inventor, and probably the cleverest man ever to walk the earth: Leonardo da Vinci... He is taken into his service as a servant. With Da Vinci and his two friends Graziano and Felipe, he travels to the keep of Perela, home of Captain dell'Orte and his family. After meeting he and his family, especially his daughter Rossana, they move on to help one of the most powerful men in Italy: Cesare Borgia, prepare for war against the Pope, hoping to gain power over Italy. But while Matteo and his Master are working in the Borgia castle, grave news appears. The keep of Perela had been ransacked and almost razed to the ground. Hurriedly and distraught, Matteo rides back as fast as he can to Perela. When he arrives, he recognizes the marks of Sandino, the brigand. He finds everyone of the dell'Orte family dead except for the Captain's son Paolo, and his twin daughters: Rossana and Elizabetta. He realises that by carrying the artifact, he has caused the destruction of the dell'Orte family. He sets out for a new life with the remaining dell'Orte's but while harbouring a great secret. The Secret of the Medici...
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To buy, click here Age: 12+ Roma is the perfect read for all with an intrest in Roman history. It is a complete work of when Rome was founded, through the reign of the cruel kings, right up to the beginning of the Roman Empire. The story goes along the lives of real ancient Romans with fictional characters helping them along the way. Extremely well done.
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To buy,click here Age: 12+ The mage Taita and warrior Meren fear for their lives in the midst of a quest so exciting and terrifing that they may never be free. In The Quest, Taita finds his love Queen Lostris of Egypt reincarnated after her un-timely death as he and Meren lead a troop of soldiers to defeat the evil witch Eos who has dried up the Nile and nearly sent Egypt into a state of famine. Can the mage and warrior combineddefeat the evil witch, or will Egypt die at the hands of the dried up Nile?