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www.theresabreslin.co.uk/index.htmPublisher
Corgi Childrens an imprint of Random House Children's BooksSuitable for Ages
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31st March 2011ISBN
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Prisoner of the Inquisition
Theresa Breslin
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Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011
Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege. Indulged by her parents, she is free to spend her days as she pleases, enjoying herself in the company of an eligible young nobleman, horse riding, or leisurely studying the arts. Saulo, son of a family reduced by circumstances to begging, witnesses his father wrongfully arrested and dealt with in the most horrifying way. Hauled off to be a slave at sea and pursued by pirates he encounters the ambitious mariner explorer, Christopher Columbus. Throughout his hardships Saulo is determined to survive - for he has sworn vengeance on the magistrate and his family. As Zarita's life also undergoes harsh changes the formidable and frightening Inquisition arrives in the area, bringing menacing shadows of suspicion with acts of cruel brutality - and ultimately, amid the intrigues of the court of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in the splendid Moorish city of Grenada, betrayal and revenge...
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Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa BreslinAbout The Author
Theresa Breslin is an award winning librarian and writer with a special interest in children's literature. She was born and brought up in a small town in the middle of Scotland close to castles, old burial grounds and the Roman Wall, all of which helped fuel an active imagination as a child, further developed by a real love of reading.More books by this author
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