The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus #1) by Jonathan Stroud Size:Standard Paperback: Anna Funder slips into the

Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell

Drawing from his own experience and time spent with the royal family

With keen psychological insight and prodigious invention

But Rome is as much a place of women as of men

The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus #1) by Jonathan Stroud Size:Standard Paperback: Anna Funder slips into theNathaniel is eleven years old and a magician's apprentice, learning the traditional arts of magic. All is well until he has a life changing encounter with Simon Lovelace, a magician of unrivaled ruthlessness and ambition. When Lovelace brutally humiliates Nathaniel in public, Nathaniel decides to speed up his education, teaching himself spells way beyond his years. With revenge on his mind, he masters one of the toughest spells of all and summons