by Mary Hoffman · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747576143
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«City of Masks» is the young adult fantasy novel by Mary Hoffman, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Lucien, a sick young man from present-day London, discovers that a notebook of his father's transports him while sleeping to Bellezza, the city inspired by 16th-century Venice in the parallel world of Talia. There he regains his health, becomes a stravagante, a traveler between worlds, and gets caught up in a conspiracy that threatens the city and its duchess.
First installment of the Stravaganza series, originally published in 2002; this paperback edition dates from 2004.
Recommended for young people from 12 years old and for those seeking young adult fantasy with parallel worlds.
Mary Lassiter Hoffman is a British writer and critic. She has had over 90 books published whose audiences range from children to adults. One of her best known works is the children's book Amazing Grace, which was a New York Times best-seller at 1.5 million copies and a finalist for the 1991 Kate Greenaway Medal. From 2002 to 2012, she wrote the teen fiction series Stravaganza.
