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Archaeologist? Mythmaker? Crook? This engaging, illustrated
biography of Heinrich Schliemann -- a nineteenth-century romantic
who most believe did find the ancient city of Troy -- reveals him
to be a fascinating mixture of all three.
From the time Heinrich Schliemann was a boy -- or so he said -- he
knew he was destined to dig for lost cities and find buried
treasure. And if Schliemann had his way, history books would honor
him to this day as one of the greatest archaeologists who ever
lived. But a little digging into the life of Schliemann himself
reveals that this nineteenth-century self-made man had a funny
habit of taking liberties with the truth. Like the famous character
of his hero, the poet Homer, Schliemann was a crafty fellow and an
inventor of stories, a traveler who had been shipwrecked and
stranded and somehow survived. And Heinrich Schliemann was
determined to become a legend like Homer -- but in his own time.
Following this larger-than-life character from his poor childhood
in Germany to his achievement of wealth as a merchant in Russia,
from his first haphazard dig for the city of Ilium to his final
years living in a pseudo "Palace of Troy," this engrossing tale
paints a portrait of contradictions--
a man at once stingy and lavishly generous, a scholar both shrewd
and reckless, a speaker of twenty-two languages and a health
fanatic addicted to cold sea baths. Laura Amy Schlitz weaves
historical facts among Schliemann's fanciful recollections, while
Robert Byrd's illustrations evoke his life and times in wonderful
detail. Along the way,
THE HERO SCHLIEMANN gives young readers food for discussion about
how history sometimes comes to be written -- and how it sometimes
needs to be changed.
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in
dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable
characters.
Maidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will
meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his
manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports
her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg,
who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy
landlord. There's also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim);
Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess;
and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand
affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz
creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally
suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with
pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd -- inspired by the
Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from
thirteenth-century Germany -- this witty, historically accurate,
and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the
people and places of medieval England.
"From the Hardcover edition."
Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in
dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable
characters.
Maidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will
meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his
manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports
her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg,
who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy
landlord. There's also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim);
Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess;
and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand
affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz
creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally
suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with
pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd -- inspired by the
Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from
thirteenth-century Germany -- this witty, historically accurate,
and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the
people and places of medieval England.
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Amber and Clay (Hardcover)
Laura Amy Schlitz; Illustrated by Julia Iredale
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A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off -- and a deliciously wicked crocodile a day on.
Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She's sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She's sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents won't let her have a dog. But when she writes to her fairy godmother for help, she doesn't expect that help to come in the form of a crocodile--a crocodile who does not behave properly. With perfectly paced dry comedy, children's book luminaries Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca send Princess Cora on a delightful outdoor adventure -- climbing trees! getting dirty! having fun! -- while her alter ego wreaks utter havoc inside the castle, obliging one pair of royal helicopter parents to reconsider their ways.
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The Hired Girl (Paperback)
Laura Amy Schlitz
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R317
Discovery Miles 3 170
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WINNER OF A 2013 NEWBERY HONOR
Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her sorcery to a
Victorian gothic thriller -- an enthralling, darkly comic tale that
would do Dickens proud.
The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating
his stringed puppets that they appear alive. Clara Wintermute, the
only child of a wealthy doctor, is spellbound by Grisini's act and
invites him to entertain at her birthday party. Seeing his chance
to make a fortune, Grisini accepts and makes a splendidly gaudy
entrance with caravan, puppets, and his two orphaned assistants.
Lizzie Rose and Parsefall are dazzled by the Wintermute home. Clara
seems to have everything they lack -- adoring parents, warmth, and
plenty to eat. In fact, Clara's life is shadowed by grief, guilt,
and secrets. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion of
kidnapping falls upon the puppeteer and, by association, Lizzie
Rose and Parsefall.
As they seek to puzzle out Clara's whereabouts, Lizzie and Parse
uncover Grisini's criminal past and wake up to his evil intentions.
Fleeing London, they find themselves caught in a trap set by
Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed
before it's too late.
Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz's Victorian gothic is a rich
banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and the brilliant and
bewitching storytelling that is her trademark.
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