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The Magician of Samarkand

The Magician of Samarkand

by Alan Temperley

Publisher Macmillan Childrens

Genre: Children's & YA

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About the book

A smashing, fun, exciting adventure of good against evil in the rich and colourful setting of ancient India. Anahita is the beautiful, gentle daughter of the town's master saddlemaker. She and her family are poor but happy. Everyone loves her but the Prince particularly so, though both of them know that a match can never be - she is poor and he a King's son. Anahita's happy life is disrupted when an evil, greedy magician moves into the town. He falls in love with her beauty and wants her as his servant. He will allow nothing to get in his way. Thus starts a magical, thrilling adventure as Anahita and her friends battle to overcome the black magic and dark heart of the magician of Samarkand.

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About the Author

Alan Temperley

Alan Temperley was born and grew up in Sunderland. As a boy he kept mice, sang in a big church choir, played cricket and enjoyed stories. After a stint in the Merchant Navy he became an English teacher but is now an author whose books have been widely translated and televised.

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