The Bartimaeus books have published in 35 languages and sold over 5 million copies worldwide.Literary quality, commercial verve and an incredible sales track record: Jonathan Stroud is undoubtedly one of the best writers of children's fiction today, and this reissue alongside the new book - THE RING OF SOLOMON - is set to entice even more readers to his work.The film option has been bought by Miramax.The series was greeted with one hundred percent worldwide acclaim on publication by readers and reviewers.Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. After studying English Literature at York University, he moved to London, where he worked as an editor at a publishing firm. He is the author of the best-selling Bartimaeus sequence, which is published in 35 languages and has sold 6 million copies worldwide; the much-beloved Lockwood & Co. series (soon to be a major Netflix series) as well as
The Notorious Scarlett & Browne;
Heroes of the Valley; The Last Seige;
The Leap and
Buried Fire. He lives in Hertfordshire with his family. He has yet to see a ghost, but is keeping his eyes open.
The tremendous climax of the Bartimaeus sequence.
Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with strikes, riots and general unrest. The Prime Minister is largely controlled by two advisers, one of whom is 17-year-old Nathaniel. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty has been researching djinn; she has come to believe that the only way to destroy the magicians is with an alliance between djinn and ordinary people.
Kitty seeks out Bartimaeus and embarks on a terrifying journey into the djinn's chaotic domain – the Other Place – which no human being has ever survived. But even as she does so, Makepeace engineers a dramatic coup d'etat.
The outcome is a shattering of the magicians' control and all magical laws are turned upside down. Can Bartimaeus, Nathaniel and Kitty settle old scores to prevent the earth's destruction?
Bartimaeus' razor-sharp wit is as irresistible as ever and this is a fantastic conclusion to the seriesThere are many delights to savour in this series. First and foremost, the wonderful, sardonic voice of the all-knowing and all-weary BartimaeusAs witty and orginal as the first two books in the series,
Ptolemy's Gate is fast, funny, inspired writing for children at its bestStroud demonstrates here that what and how he writes should never be taken for grantedThe return of one of my favourite ever characters . . . Completes the brilliant Bartimaeus trilogy
