Childrens Book The Bartimaeus Trilogy Book One NEW First Edition Printing 2003
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The first book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy is The Amulet of Samarkand. It was written by English author Jonathan Stroud and published in September 2003 by Doubleday in the United Kingdom. The US first edition of The Amulet of Samarkand was published in 2003: Publisher: Miramax Books Date: September 30, 2003 Language: English Hardcover: 464 pages Reading age: 9–12 ISBN: 078681859X The book is a young adult fantasy novel that follows the story of a teenage magician named Nathaniel and a five-thousand-year-old djinni named Bartimaeus. The story takes place in an alternative history where London is a magical oligarchy. Jonathan Anthony Stroud is a British writer of fantasy fiction. He is best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. Stroud has written more than 60 books, including: The Screaming Staircase The Amulet of Samarkand The Whispering Skull Ptolemy's Gate Bartimaeus Sequence Heroes of the Valley The Leap The Last Siege Buried Fire Stroud has been nominated for several awards, including: Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children's for The Screaming Staircase in 2013. Edgar Award for Best Juvenile for The Screaming Staircase in 2014 Cybils Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction for Ptolemy's Gate in 2006 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature for Bartimaeus Sequence in 2006 Stroud was born on October 27, 1970 in Bedford, England. He studied English literature at the University of York, graduating with a B.A. in 1992. He lives in England with his wife, Gina, and their three children.
