{"product_id":"9781913696535","title":"Vita \u0026 the Gladiator","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sherrick, Ally \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAncient Rome\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 February 2023 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 20 | 248g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A rip-roaring Roman mystery from Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociation Young Quills Award-winning author Ally Sherrick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR BLACK POWDER - WINNER OF THE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHISTORIAL ASSOCIATION YOUNG QUILLS AWARD:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e' ... a wonderfully explosive adventure set in the turbulent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyear of the gunpowder plot in Black Powder with impossibly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edivided loyalties.' JULIA GOLDING, AUTHOR OF THE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDIAMOND OF DRURY LANE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'With its constant reversals and twists and turns, Tom's story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis almost as complex as the pliot and counter-plot of the Gunpowder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreason itself ... The writing is lively and the pace never\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eflags.' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVita longs to write the plays that she steals off to watch - but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas the daughter of a high-born Roman, her only future is marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her father is murdered, everything changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She escapes with her life - only to end up a slave, sharing a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecell with a fierce gladiator, Brea, and her wolf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But when Vita and Brea discover they have a common enemy, they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknow they must stnd together for truth and justice ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rip-roaring adventure set in Roman London from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erising queen of middle-grade historical fiction, Ally Sherrick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Vita, nicknamed 'Little Owl' by her father, is an unlikely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehero - but when her father is murdered she has to uncover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe truth, even if it means finding unlikely friends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThemes of deceit, storytelling and fighting justice\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43925463564547,"sku":"9781913696535","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781913696535.jpg?v=1731423889","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781913696535","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}