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Harry Potter 1–3 Box Set: A Magical Adventure Begins 0 (0)

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The essential introduction to the world of Harry Potter: three magical adventures in one beautiful box set.Every great story has a great beginning. From the moment Harry Potter is deposited on the doorstep of number four, Privet Drive, with a swish of Albus Dumbledore’s cloak and the words ‘Good luck, Harry’, J.K. Rowling’s irresistible storytelling pulls readers into an unforgettable, magical adventure. Harry Potter is a milestone in every child’s reading journey and this gorgeous, collectable three-book set is the perfect introduction for new readers and young Muggles everywhere.This beautifully produced box set contains Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, with enchanting cover art by Jonny Duddle – plus three gorgeous, colourful bookmarks with memorable quotes from favourite Harry Potter characters!

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Children’s Books (31 October 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1216 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1526620294
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526620293
Reading age ‏ : ‎ Customer suggested age: 10 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 kg 100 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.1 x 8.7 x 13.5 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ United Kingdom
Net Quantity ‏ : ‎ 1.00 count
Importer ‏ : ‎ Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., 7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi – 110002 INDIA, Email – customercare@atlanticbooks.com, Ph – 011-47320500
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Book
Best Sellers Rank: #440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in Fantasy for Young Adults #7 in Visionary & Metaphysical Fantasy Fiction for Children #8 in Science Fiction & Fantasy for Children (Books)
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The Great Siege of Malta 0 (0)

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‘Marcus Bull’s revisiting of the siege through the eyes of the Ottomans and a global lens that shifts our angle of vision has made a considerable contribution to our understanding of the events of 1565… his approach is investigatory, based on a forensic study of all the available evidence and posing open-ended questions… the coverage of the siege itself is succinct and full of interesting perspectives’ – Roger Crowley, Engelsberg Ideas

A major new account of the epic siege of the island fortress of Malta

Even as the great siege began it was understood by both sides to be an epic – a potentially decisive encounter between an uneasy assortment of soldiers, native Maltese, adventurers and Knights Hospitaller on a strategically crucial but near waterless island and a vast, seemingly all-powerful Ottoman armada. With three quarters of the Mediterranean’s coasts already in the hands of the Sultan and his allies, all eyes were now on Malta.

This superb new account of the siege emphasises the crucial importance of the siege while at the same time putting it in a far wider context. While since mistakenly recast as a climactic battle between the West and the East, it was also much more interesting and nuanced than that – both sides had many other interests and priorities beyond Malta. Süleyman the Magnificent had conquered and subsumed regions from Hungary to the Persian Gulf; Philip II was building an empire in America and Asia.

Drawing on a wide range of eyewitness stories, Marcus Bull gives a vivid sense of the period’s technologies, values and assumptions. It was a grim world built on the labour of many thousands of disposable galley-slaves, shockingly brutal forms of warfare and religious absolutism. But it was also a world filled with the most extraordinary new discoveries and ideas. Both these worlds come together in the siege and in this book.

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