Secrets of a Sun King
'The Queen of historical fiction.' Guardian
Enter a world of Egyptian pharaohs and ancient curses from the Queen of Historical Fiction.
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Enter a world of Egyptian pharaohs and ancient curses from the Queen of Historical Fiction.
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'The Queen of historical fiction.' Guardian
H | B | T | Gramm
198 mm | 130 mm | 25 mm | 0.287 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Faber Faber
ISBN-10
0571328490
ISBN-13
9780571328499
Autor
Emma Carroll
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
304
Themen
Kinder/Jugendliche: Historische Romane
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll taught English for twenty years until a life-changing cancer diagnosis meant that she felt brave enough to give her dream of being an author a try. Nowadays she's a bestselling author and has been nominated for and won numerous awards - including Books Are My Bag Readers' Award, Branford Boase, CILIP Carnegie Medal, Young Quills, Teach Primary and the Waterstones Book Prize. Emma lives in the Somerset Hills with her husband and their two terriers.
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