City Of Ships (Stravaganza #5)

Description

Set in Classe (Ravenna in our world), the Stravagante is Isabel, a younger twin by a matter of minutes. Her talisman is a pouch of silver mosaic tiles and she stravagates to Classe, where she is met by Flavia, a successful female merchant who trades spices, silks, tapestries, and whose son is an outcast and a pirate.

Promotion info

The fifth title in the bestselling Stravaganza Sequence available directly into paperback Fans will be thrilled at the reappearance of favourite characters as well as being excited at the introduction of new characters Intrigue, adventure, magic and excitement are the trademark ingredients for this series

Author description

Mary Hoffman is an acclaimed children's author and critic. She is the author of the internationally bestselling picture book Amazing Grace. Her Stravaganza Sequence for Bloomsbury has its own fan forum and Stravaganza - City of Secrets, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The Falconer's Knot was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award. She has three grown-up children and lives with her husband in West Oxfordshire.