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9780192719515

Troublesome Angels and Flying Machines

Troublesome Angels and Flying Machines

by Hazel Marshall

Publisher Oxford

Genre: Children's & YA

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About the book

An exciting and fun story about Blanco Polo, the great-nephew of Marco Polo, starts with his journey from Venice to Spain to build flying machines with the villainous Count Maleficio. Along the way Blanco meets Eva, accompanied by her guardian angels, also bound for Spain for an arranged marriage to a man old enough to be her grandfather. The pair become friends and Blanco's dream of building and piloting a flying machine are finally within his grasp. But when Count Maleficio reveals his true intentions for the flying machine, Blanco and Eva have to flee, with the help of the angels.

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About the Author

Hazel Marshall

Hazel Marshall was born in Scotland and grew up near Glasgow. She studied history at the University of Edinburgh. In 2001, after winning the Springboard Award given by the J&D Cornwell Trust, she studied for a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Writing at Falmouth College of Arts.


Hazel’s first book was Troublesome Angels And Flying Machines, an adventure story set in the times of Marco Polo and the first of a trilogy. She has also dramatised Mary Poppins, starring Juliet Stevenson, for BBC Radio 4 in a critically acclaimed production. Hazel’s second play Tango was also broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

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