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The acclaimed Stravaganza series delivers a thrilling story packed with action, drama—and pirates!
The new instalment in the critically acclaimed Stravaganza series transports readers to a world much like our own — but where magic and piracy come to life in the Italian town of Classe. The new Stravagante is Isabel, a visitor from our world who befriends Flavia, a successful female merchant of spices, silks, and tapestries. But Flavia soon finds herself an outcast and a pirate, while Isabel learns that Classe is under threat of attack by the fierce Gate people. What can she do to help save the city?
Fans of fantasy and historical fiction alike who have flocked to the Stravaganza series will welcome this action-packed adventure, which can be read alone or as a companion to the previous novels.]]> Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:13:29 +0300 David https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53591-david.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53591-david.html David
Michelangelo's statue of David is renowned all over the world. Thousands flock to Florence to admire the artistry behind this Renaissance masterpiece, and to admire the beauty of the human form captured in the marble. But the identity of the model for this statue that has been so revered for over five hundred years has been lost . . .In this epic story Mary Hoffman uses her persuasive narrative skills to imagine the story of Gabriele, an eighteen-year-old who, by becoming Michelangelo's model, finds himself drawn into a world of spies, politicking, sabotage and murder. Set against the backdrop of Florence, a city in a state of constant siege, this is a rich, colourful and thrilling tale.]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:13:28 +0300 Daughters of Time https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53590-daughters_of_time.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53590-daughters_of_time.html Daughters of Time
Look through fresh eyes at the stories of some of history's most remarkable women, in this inspiring collection of short stories by the finest female authors writing historical fiction for children today - The History Girls. Subjects include: Queen Boudicca, Aethelfled, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Julian of Norwich, Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth Stuart, Aphra Behn, Mary Wollestonecraft, Mary Anning, Mary Seacole, Emily Davison, Amy Johnson and the Greenham Common women.]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 21:13:28 +0200 City of Swords https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53599-city_of_swords.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53599-city_of_swords.html City of Swords
Desperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to self-harming. But Laura is a Stravagante, somebody who can travel in time and space. When she finds her talisman, a small silver dagger, she stravagates to 16th-century Fortezza, a town similar to Lucca in Italy, where she meets her Stravagante, who is a swordsmith.]]> Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:13:29 +0300 City of Flowers https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53598-city_of_flowers.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53598-city_of_flowers.html City of Flowers
Sky stepped out into the sunshine, blinking, still holding the bottle, and a black man, robed like the others, took him by the arm and whispered, 'God be praised, it has found you!' Everything changes for Sky when he finds a perfume bottle that whiskes him away to the city of Giglia, an ancient city similar to Florence. This may be the beautiful City of Flowers, but things that seems beautiful might also be deadly. As a new Stravagante - someone who can travel through space and time with the help of a talisman - Sky finds himself caught up in a deadly feud between Giglia's two ruling families. Now, the Stravaganti must do all they can to avoid further bloodshed as politics, conspiracy and espionage unfold.]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:13:28 +0300 City of Masks https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53593-city_of_masks.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53593-city_of_masks.html City of Masks
Lucien is seriously ill but his life is transformed when an old Italian notebook gives him the power to become a stravagante, a time traveller with access to 16th century Italy. He wakes up in Bellezza (Venice) during carnival time and meets Arianna, a girl his own age who is disguised as a boy in the hope of being selected as one of the Duchessa's mandoliers. Arianna gives Lucien her boy's clothing and he is selected as a mandolier himself, becoming a friend of fellow-stravagante Rodolfo, the Duchessa's lover, and saving the Duchessa's life when she is threatened by an assassin hired by the powerful di Chimici family. For state occasions the Duchessa uses her maid Giuliana as a body-double but Guiliana commits the fatal mistake of revealing the secret to her fiance Enrico and a sequence of devastating consequences unravels. Meanwhile Lucien has met the original stravagante, the Elizabethan alchemist William Dethridge, and he begins to understand that he may be called to follow in his footsteps.]]> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 21:13:28 +0300 The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53595-the_falconers_knot_a_story_of_friars_flirtation_and_foul_play.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53595-the_falconers_knot_a_story_of_friars_flirtation_and_foul_play.html The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play
The award-winning author of the Stravaganza series has done it again with this atmospheric adventure set in Renaissance Italy. Sixteen-year-old Silvano da Montacuto has wealth, good looks, and a new hawk-but none of these can save him when his bloody dagger is found near a dead body. For his own protection, he is sent to a Franciscan House, where he poses as a novice, or a young monk. There, he lays eyes on Chiara, a lovely novice at a nearby abbey who is also living in secret. When they fall in love, their secret identities make it impossible to reveal their feelings to one another. Murder seems to have followed Silvano, and soon several other dead bodies turn up. Who is committing the crimes? Will a young man accused of multiple murders be able to clear himself? And what about the girl he adores? Fans of Mary Hoffman's critically acclaimed Stravaganza series won't be disappointed in the romance, colorful web of intrigue, and rich, marvelous setting.]]> Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:13:28 +0300 City of Secrets https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53596-city_of_secrets.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53596-city_of_secrets.html City of Secrets
When Matt is unexpectedly transported to the Scriptorium of Padavia University, he discovers he is a Stravagante who can travel through time using his talisman, a leather-bound book. Together with Luciano and Arianna, he must fight the dangerous di Chimici clan who are on the verge of making a terrifying breakthrough into our world.]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:13:28 +0200 Troubadour https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53597-troubadour.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53597-troubadour.html Troubadour
A story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th century Southern France. As crusaders sweep through the country, destroying all those who do not follow their religion, Bertrand risks his life to warn others of the invasion. As a troubadour, Bertrand can travel without suspicion from castle to castle, passing word about the coming danger. In the meantime Elinor, a young noblewoman, in love with Bertrand, leaves her comfortable home and family and becomes a troubadour herself. Danger encircles them both, as the rising tide of bloodshed threatens the fabric of the society in which they live.]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:13:28 +0200 Bravo, Grace! https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53592-bravo_grace.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/53592-bravo_grace.html Bravo, Grace!
To mark the 20th anniversary of the publication of "Amazing Grace," the spirited little girl with a big imagination is coming back to Puffin in two fun chapter books! In "Encore, Grace!," when Grace's family and group of friends change, Grace turns to her imagination to cope with things like a new girl in school and the death of a family friend. In "Bravo, Grace!," Grace deals with more change. This time her mother is remarrying and they are moving to a new house, there's a bully in school, and there's a new baby on the way! But despite all the changes, Grace always has her family and friends to support her, and she always finds a way to handle new situations in positive ways.
Hoffman's successful African-American protagonist provides a wonderful role model for today's multicultural school community in this second volume of short, clear, event-filled chapters." - "Kirkus Reviews" review for "Encore, Grace!"
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Dreaming of a city with flying horses was one thing... But coming face to face with someone she knew to be dead - that was something else again. Georgia would love nothing more than to ride horses every day and avoid her annoying stepbrother at all costs. But she could never have guessed that a tiny, antique winged horse figurine would be the key to her escape to another world and another time. When Georgia arrives in a sixteenth-century city called Remora, she is plunged into a dangerous and treacherous world of horse-racing, family honour and deadly rivalry. And there, as a new Stravagante, Georgia will have a dramatic and extraordinary role to play...]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:13:28 +0200 The Falconer's Knot https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/385690-the_falconers_knot.html https://bdsm.library.land/mary-hoffman/385690-the_falconers_knot.html The Falconer's Knot
Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring convent and friary. And when they meet they are instantly aware that they are both outsiders, ill at ease with monastic life. Then a grisly murder - followed by another, and then another - strikes fear into the close-knit community. Chiara and Silvano cling together within the terrifying spiral of murder as they, and the friends they have made, attempt to solve the deadly mystery. This remarkably rich mystery thriller, with all the pace and action of a 'whodunnit', is set in the incredibly atmospheric environs of a friary in 14th-century Italy. Amidst all the action of the murder mystery, the author depicts in fascinating and intricate detail the lives and tasks of the friars and nuns, whether it be...]]> Fri, 25 Nov 1994 09:35:16 +0200