This is My Life. . .

New Page 1Picture a London where the Parliament, composed of powerful magicians, rules the British empire. Nathaniel, an eleven year old magicians apprentice was sold to the government at the age of five by his parents. Nathaniel is told his sacrifice is the ultimate sacrifice for a noble destiny. If his parents leaving him wasn’t tough enough, Nathaniel’s master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, and cruel in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Nathaniel’s only saving grace is Underwood’s wife, Martha, who shows him affection. All goes well with Nathaniel over the years in the Underwood household until his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is humiliated by the magician Simon Lovelace, and betrayed by his master who did not defend him.

Nathaniel vowed for his revenge. In order to learn more, he reads magical texts and hones his magic skills, and when he commands the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni, Bartimaeus, to get his revenge on Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel then plunges into a situation more dangerous than anything he could ever imagine.

In The Amulet of Samarkand, the first of The Bartimaeus Trilogy, the story switches back and forth from Bartimaeus’s point of view toNathaniel’s. Here’s the best part: Bartimaeus is absolutely hilarious! His sarcastic asides, in the form of footnotes that no one in his or her right mind would skip over.

Picture a London
where the Parliament, composed of powerful magicians, rules the British empire.
Nathaniel, an eleven year old magicians apprentice was sold to the government at
the age of five by his parents. Nathaniel is told his sacrifice is the ultimate
sacrifice for a noble destiny. If his parents leaving him wasn’t tough enough,
Nathaniel’s master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, and cruel in the Ministry of
Internal Affairs. Nathaniel’s only saving grace is Underwood’s wife, Martha, who
shows him affection. All goes well with Nathaniel over the years in the
Underwood household until his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is
humiliated by the magician Simon Lovelace, and betrayed by his master who did
not defend him.
Nathaniel vowed for his revenge. In order to learn more, he reads magical
texts and hones his magic skills, and when he commands the strength to summon
the 5,000-year-old djinni, Bartimaeus, to get his revenge on Lovelace by
stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel then plunges into a
situation more dangerous than anything he could ever imagine.
In The Amulet of Samarkand, the first of The Bartimaeus Trilogy, the
story switches back and forth from Bartimaeus’s point of view toNathaniel’s.
Here’s the best part: Bartimaeus is absolutely hilarious! His sarcastic asides,
in the form of footnotes that no one in his or her right mind would skip over.