City of masks set in talia, a parallel world very similar to 16thcentury italy, the narrative follows lucien, who in our world is very ill. City of masks, laura walters mistica maeva e lanello di venezia, and michelle lovrics the undrowned child, all of which have been translated into other languages and reached audiences far beyond their places. During the day, lucien battles cancer in his modern, normal life. But her life takes a sudden change when she buys a tiny figurine of a winged horse, and suddenly finds herself swept up. Mary hoffman is an acclaimed childrens writer and critic. City of masks is a swashbuckling adventure in a setting reminiscent of shakespeares italy complete with twins. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 345 pages and is available in paperback format. Dear mary, city of masks is an amazing book and it should absolutely be made into a movie. Mary hoffman while sick in bed with cancer, lucien begins making journeys to belleza, a place in a parallel world that resembles venice, italy, and becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the. A talian tale is the corresponding short story for city of masks. City stars stravaganza hoffman mary free shipping on qualifying offers.
These are the books for those you who looking for to read the city of masks, try to read or download pdf epub books and some of authors may have disable the live reading. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The series originally consisted of a trilogy of books. Given a marbled notebook to use as a diary, the notebook is the unexpected means that transports lucien to this dangerous new world. For the stravaganza series, mary traveled to italy many times to research the history of each setting. Similar books to stravaganza city of masks free expedited delivery and up to 30% off rrp on select textbooks shipped and sold by amazon au. From the british author of the amazing grace books comes a novel, the first in a trilogy, about a teen stricken with brain cancer who travels between two worlds.
Her stravaganza sequence for bloomsbury is so popular it has 80 current stories on. City of swords and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. But at night, he becomes a stravagante, a timetraveler of sorts who finds himself in belleza, a city parallel to old venice. Lucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old ital. City of masks is the first in the acclaimed stravaganza series from the gifted mary hoffman. Watch out, nighttime baddiespj masks are on their way, into the night to save the day.
Salvatores the cleric quintet tells the tale of the scholarpriest cadderly, who is plucked from the halls of the edificant library to fulfill a heroic quest. In the citystate of bonvidaeo, by custom and law everyone must wear a mask and act in character with it, or face civil, social and religious penalties. Stravaganza city of masks by mary hoffman book read online. The time period is the same c16 talia as a parallel world version of italy but the setting has moved from bellezza venice to remora siena. City of masks by mary hoffman mary hoffman is a british author and critic born in 1945 who has written over 90 books for all agegroups. Stravaganza city of masks mary hooper, mary hoffman on. The option of being a kindred of the east or just the flavor it adds to the chronicle is more than enough to make me feel that purchasing this book was well worth the money. She is a true italy enthusiast and this shows deeply in her stravaganza series.
City of masks stravaganza, 1, city of stars stravaganza, 2, city of flowers stravaganza, 3, city of secrets stravaganza, 4, city of ships s. Please note that ebooks are subject to tax and the final price may vary. City of masks is the first in the acclaimed stravaganza series from the. So far, ive read city of masks and i started city of stars last night. Dont be put off by the fact that this is technically teenage fiction, as, like i am sure most of you are aware, this catalogue has dramatically increased. By day, connor, amaya, and greg go to school like everyone else. Dreaming of a city with flying horses was one more. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. A booklist editors choice a new york public library book for the teen age. Im not even really that interested in italy, but i certainly dig the idea of interdimensional space and time travel. The falconers knot shortlisted for the guardian fiction award and winner of the french prix polar jeunesse. Mary has three grown daughters and lives with her husband in oxfordshire, england. Stravaganza city of masks by mary hoffman overdrive.
City of masks is the first book of the stravaganza series by mary hoffman. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. This is the sequel to the international bestselling city of masks. Lucien is very sick with cancer and struggles with his parents worry every day.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. She is the author of the bestselling picture book amazing grace. Mary hoffman has written more than 70 books for children, and her powers of observation bring vitality and humour to all her stories and. To read this book, upload an epub or fb2 file to bookmate. The wellpaced, thickwithplot story will hook the reader immediately and not let go until the superb, unexpected end. Mary hoffman matt wood doesnt know the ancient leatherbound book hes bought is a talisman that will allow him to stravagate to travel in time between this world and sixteenth century italy. Mary hoffman while sick in bed with cancer, lucien begins making journeys to belleza, a place in a parallel world resembling renaissance venice, and becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the. Young lord somershill flees england for the wonders of venice, where he becomes involved in a bizarre murder investigation that plunges him into the depths of this secretive medieval city. Read stravaganza city of secrets, by mary hoffman online on bookmate when matt is unexpectedly transported to the scriptorium of padavia reallife padua university, he discovers he is a stravaga. Reviews utterly fascinating, this rich, riproaring adventure will no doubt whet readers appetites for italian history and culture as well as the next installment. Read stravaganza city of masks by mary hoffman available from rakuten kobo.
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