Michael Scott
ANCIENT WORLDS
Michael Scott
Acclaimed historian and TV presenter Michael Scott guides us through an epic story spanning ten centuries to create a bold new reading of the classical era for our globalised world.
Scott challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers and empires that swept across Central Asia to India and China – resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history.
With stunning range and richness Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers and characters of antiquity shared ambitions and crises, ways of thinking and forms of governing: connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved, mighty armies clashed, universal religions were born and our modern world was foreshadowed.
Scott focuses on three epochal ‘moments’ across the ancient globe, and their profound wider significance: from 509-8 BCE (birth of Athenian democracy and Rome’s republic, also the age of Confucius’s teachings in China); to 218 BCE (when Hannibal of Carthage challenged Rome and China saw its first emperor); to 312 CE, when Constantine sought to impose Christianity on the Roman world even as Buddhism was pervading China via the vast trading routes we now know as the ‘Silk Roads.’
A major work of global history, Michael Scott’s enthralling journey challenges the way we think about our past, re-draws the map of the classical age to reveal its hidden connections, and shows us how ancient history has lessons for our own times.
Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
Michael Scott
'This vivid and engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments in ancient history, moments that have shaped not only the politics and culture of bygone eras, but the institutions, thoughts and fantasies of our time.' Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens)'A bold and imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity.' Peter Frankopan (The Silk Roads)'As panoramic as it is learned, this is ancient history for our globalised world.' Tom Holland (Dynasty, Rubicon)________________________________________Acclaimed historian and TV presenter Michael Scott guides us through an epic story spanning ten centuries to create a bold new reading of the classical era for our globalised world.Scott challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers and empires that swept across Central Asia to India and China - resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history.With stunning range and richness Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers and characters of antiquity shared ambitions and crises, ways of thinking and forms of connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved, mighty armies clashed, universal religions were born and our modern world was foreshadowed.Scott focuses on three epochal 'moments' across the ancient globe, and their profound wider from 509-8 BCE (birth of Athenian democracy and Rome's republic, also the age of Confucius's teachings in China); to 218 BCE (when Hannibal of Carthage challenged Rome and China saw its first emperor); to 312 CE, when Constantine sought to impose Christianity on the Roman world even as Buddhism was pervading China via the vast trading routes we now know as the 'Silk Roads.'A major work of global history, Michael Scott's enthralling journey challenges the way we think about our past, re-draws the map of the classical age to reveal its hidden connections, and shows us how ancient history has lessons for our own times.
Aoife and Scathach, Shadow Twins (Lost Stories from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #3)
Michael Scott
Billy the Kid and the Vampyres of Vegas (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #5.5)
Michael Scott
Years before Sophie and Josh Newman met Nicholas Flamel, two legendary warriors fought together for the first time. Billy the Kid and Scathach the Shadow. Now that lost story can be told . . . Billy the Kid is immortal. And being immortal means following unpredictable paths. With this exclusive eBook, Michael Scott offers readers a never-before-seen short story from the world of the bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: the tale of how Billy the Kid and Scathach meet for the first time and join forces against the unseen, deadly and eternally hungry vampyres who control the city of Las Vegas—where Scathach must face her greatest fear.
De alchemist (De geheimen van de onsterfelijke Nicolas Flamel, #1)
Michael Scott
De legende: Nicolas Flamel werd geboren op 28 september 1330 in Parijs. Bijna zevenhonderd jaar later wordt hij gezien als de grootste alchemist van zijn tijd. Er wordt gezegd dat hij het geheim van het eeuwige leven heeft ontdekt. Volgens de archieven stierf hij in 1418, maar zijn graf is leeg…
De waarheid: Nicolas Flamel leeft nog, dankzij het Elixir van het Eeuwige Leven. De formule hiervan zit verborgen in de Codex van Abraham de Magus, het boek met de machtigste oude magie die er bestaat.
Dr. John Dee was vierhonderd jaar geleden de adviseur en astroloog van Koningin Elizabeth I. Hij heeft zich toen verbonden met de Duistere Aloude: de krachten van het kwaad die van plan zijn de mensheid te vernietigen zodra ze de Codex in handen krijgen.
Als de millennia-oude voorspelling juist is, zijn Sophie en Josh Newman de enigen die hem kunnen tegenhouden – maar dan moet het Flamel eerst lukken om hun bijzondere krachten te doen ontwaken…
Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World
Michael Scott
Der unsterbliche Alchemyst (Die Geheimnisse des Nicholas Flamel, #1)
Michael Scott
San Francisco 2007. Am helllichten Tag wird in Nick Flemings Buchhandlung unter Einsatz von Magie ein altes Buch gestohlen. Die Zwillinge Sophie und Josh staunen nicht schlecht, als der Buchhändler sich als der berühmte Alchemyst Nicholas Flamel zu erkennen gibt, geboren vor über 670 Jahren! Er hat einst das Geheimnis ewigen Lebens entdeckt und nun sind die Mächte des Bösen hinter ihm her. Ein atemberaubendes Abenteuer beginnt …
El Alquimista (Los secretos del inmortal Nicolas Flamel, #1)
Michael Scott
Cuando Sophie y Josh Newman, dos adolescentes que viven en San Francisco deciden ponerse a trabajar en una librería en verano para sacarse un poco de dinero, no se imaginan que los afables propietarios, Nicolas y Perenelle, son en realidad los últimos guardianes de un libro mágico y milenario, responsable del equilibrio entre el Bien y el Mal.
Una batalla por el Bien y el Mal está a punto de librarse y el porvenir del mundo quedará en manos de dos adolescentes.
El brujo (Los secretos del inmortal Nicolas Flamel, #5)
Michael Scott
Alcatraz.
Los planes de los Oscuros Inmemoriales se siguen cumpliendo: dejarán sueltas a las criaturas de Alcatraz en la ciudad de San Francisco para acabar con la raza humana.
Danu Talis.
El Mundo de Sombras es mucho más peligroso de lo que nadie nunca llegó a imaginar, pero el grupo se ha reunido porque debe viajar a Danu Talis y destruirla. La isla también conocida como Atlántida debe desaparecer para que el mundo moderno llegue a existir.
San Francisco.
El final se acerca: Josh Newman ha escogido un bando y no es junto a su hermana Sophie ni a Nicolas Flamel. Peleará junto a Dee y la misteriosa Virginia Dare.
En la quinta entrega de esta exitosa serie, los mellizos de la profecía se han separado y el final está comenzando.
El mago
Michael Scott
Segunda entrega de la serie juvenil "Los secretos del inmortal Nicolas Flamel"
Tras escapar de Ojai Nicholas, Sophie, Josh y Scatty aparecen en París. Allí les estarán esperando nuevos enemigos como Nicolás Maquiavelo, escritor inmortal que está dispuesto a cualquier cosa por obtener el poder del Libro de Abraham el Mago.
Mientras tanto Perenelle sigue encerrada en Alcatraz y el tiempo corre en su contra la profecía se está haciendo realidad.
Gemini Game
Michael Scott
The Virtual Reality police are after BJ and Liz!
The time is the early twenty-first century and fifteen-year-old twins BJ and Liz are "Game Makers"--creators of highly sophisticated and wildly popular Virtual Reality games. But now, twelve people have fallen into comas while playing the Night's Castle game, and BJ and Liz are wanted by the police. The only way they can discover what--or--who is sabotaging their game is to play it themselves. When they enter the bizarre VR world of Night's Castle, winning becomes a matter of life and death.
Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus Edition
Michael Scott
Here, collected in one volume, are tales and legends that range from the misty dawn of Gaelic history and the triumph of St Patrick to the Ireland of the present day - tales as beautiful, mystical, and enchanting as the ancient land itself.
Irish Myths and Legends
Michael Scott
From the epic Irish legend of Cuchulain to tales of banshees, leprechauns and wizards, these short stories and fables cover a wide range of Ireland's mythology and legends, forming a companion volume to Michael Scott's Irish Folk and Fairy Tales.
La encantadora (Los secretos del inmortal Nicolás Flamel, #6)
Michael Scott
A Nicholas y Perenelle Flamel solo les queda un día de vida y tienen una tarea que completar. Tienen que defender San Francisco. Los monstruos recluidos en la isla de Alcatraz han sido liberados y se dirigen a la ciudad. Si nadie los detiene, destruirán todo y a todos los que se encuentren a su paso.
Incluso con la ayuda de los más grandes guerreros de la historia y los mitos, ¿conseguirán la Maga y el legendario Alquimista defender la ciudad? ¿O estamos ante el principio del fin de la raza humana?
La Hechicera (Los secretos del inmortal Nicolas Flamel, #3)
Michael Scott
El corazón de Nicholas Flamel se rompió en mil pedazos cuando vio como su querida París quedaba reducida a cenizas delante de sus propios ojos. Dee y Maquiavelo son los culpables de este desastre, pero Flamel también tuvo parte de culpa, porque al tener que proteger a Sophie y Josh Newman (los gemelos de la profecía) y a los manuscritos de los Sabios oscuros, no pudo centrarse en evitar la caida de la ciudad.
La situación no podía estar peor: Nicholas se debilita día a día y Perenelle, su mujer, sigue atrapada en Alcatraz. La única oportunidad que tienen es encontrar un tutor que enseñe los rudimentos mágicos necesarios a Sophie y Josh. El problema es que el único que puede hacerlo es un personaje llamado Gilgamesh, que está muy, pero que muy loco.
Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders.
But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. Perenelle is still trapped in Alcatraz, and now that Scatty has gone missing, the group is without protection. Except for Clarent—the twin sword to Excalibur. But Clarent’s power is unthinkable, its evil making it nearly impossible to use without its darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it.
If he hopes to defeat Dee, Nicholas must find an Elder who can teach Josh and Sophie the third elemental magic—Water Magic. The problem? The only one who can do that is Gilgamesh, and he is quite, quite insane.
Legends and Lore: Ireland's Folk Tales
Michael Scott
Machiavelli: Guardian of Paris (Lost Stories from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #2)
Michael Scott
Magic and Myth: Ireland's Fairy Tales
Michael Scott
Nicholas and the Krampus (Lost Stories from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #4)
Michael Scott
Nicholas Flamel and the Codex (Lost Stories from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
Michael Scott
Before Nicholas Flamel became the most famous alchemist who ever lived, he was merely a mortal—until the day a mysterious hook-handed man sold him a book and changed his life, and the world, forever.
Now, that lost story is told. . . .
The Codex helped Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel unlock the secrets of immortality. But first, it almost killed them. With this exclusive ebook, Michael Scott offers readers a never-before-seen short story from the world of the bestselling Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series: the tale of how the Flamels became to be Guardians of the Codex through Nicholas’s first encounter with Marethyu, the hook-handed man—and their subsequent battle with John Dee’s legendary predecessor, the devious Dr. Mirabilis: Sir Robert Bacon and his mechanical man.
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
Michael Scott
An alternate cover edition exists here.
Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on 28 September 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty and Nicholas Flamel lives. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it. Sometimes legends are true. And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time.
The Ballad of Black Hawk and Billy the Kid (Lost Stories from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #6)
Michael Scott
The Death of Joan of Arc (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #4.5)
Michael Scott
Joan of Arc was not burned at the stake in Rouen, France in 1431. She was rescued from certain death by Scathach the Warrior.The truth about that day is revealed in the last will and testament of William of York, and it will leave you does Joan of Arc still walk the earth? Michael Scott’s first-ever exclusive ebook short story delves into the world of the bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel and offers readers a never-before-seen lost story—the story of two warriors who would become sisters.
The Enchantress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #6)
Michael Scott
The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it.
San Francisco:
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.
But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?
Danu Talis:
Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it’s on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.
Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what—or who—the twins will be fighting for.
Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost.
But will the twins of legend stand together?
Or will they stand apart—one to save the world and one to destroy it?
The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #2)
Michael Scott
Alternative Cover Edition of ISBN 9780552562539 other edition found here
After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenelle is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Niccolo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He’s after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenelle. For every day spent without the Book of Abraham the Mage, they age one year-their magic becoming weaker and their bodies more frail. For Flamel, the Prophecy is becoming more and more clear.
It’s time for Sophie to learn the second elemental magic: Fire Magic. And there’s only one man who can teach it to her: Flamel’s old student, the Comte de Saint-Germain-alchemist, magician, and rock star. Josh and Sophie Newman are the world’s only hope-if they don’t turn on each other first.
The Nameless City (Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts, #2)
Michael Scott
Eleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.When Jamie McCrimmon brings the Second Doctor a mysterious book, little does he realise the danger contained within its pages. The book transports the TARDIS to a terrifying glass city on a distant world, where the Archons are intent on getting revenge on the Time Lord for an ancient grudge.
The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #4)
Michael Scott
San Francisco:
Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And they're both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they'll need to protect themselves, they've lost Scatty, and they're still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel? Can they trust anyone?
Alcatraz:
Dr. Dee underestimated Perenelle Flamel's power. Alcatraz could not hold her, Nereus was no match for her, and she was able to align herself with the most unlikely of allies. But she wasn't the only one being held on the island. Behind the prison's bars and protective sigils were a menagerie of monsters, and now Machiavelli has come to Alcatraz to loose them on San Francisco.
Perenelle might be powerful, but each day she weakens, and even with Nicholas back at her side, a battle of this size could be too much for her. Nicholas and Perenelle must fight to protect the city, but the effort will probably kill them both.
London:
Having been unable to regain the two final pages of the Codex, Dee has failed his Elder and is now an outlaw.
But the Magician has a plan. With the Codex and the creatures on Alcatraz, he can control the world. All he needs is the help of the Archons. But for his plan to work, he must raise the Mother of the Gods from the dead. For that, he'll have to train a necromancer.
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Boxed Set (3-Book)
Michael Scott
Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter —but did you know he really lived? And he might still be alive today! Discover the truth in Michael Scott’s New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with the first three The Alchemyst , The Magician , and The Sorceress .
The Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330.
The Nicholas Flamel discovered the secret of eternal life.
The records show that he died in 1418.
But his tomb is empty.
Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries.
The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it.
Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it.
Sometimes legends are true. And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time.
“ [A] A riveting fantasy …While there is plenty here to send readers rushing to their encyclopedias…those who read the book at face value will simply be caught up in the enthralling story. A fabulous read. ”— SLJ , Starred
Read the whole series! The Alchemyst
The Magician
The Sorceress
The Necromancer
The Warlock
The Enchantress
The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Lost Stories Collection
Michael Scott
Nicholas Flamel appeared in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter—but did you know he really lived? You can learn his secrets in the bestselling Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, and now discover the Lost Stories—tales of myth, legend, and magic, previously lost to history and never before seen in print!
The legendary alchemyst Nicholas Flamel and his wife, the sorceress, Perenelle, traveled the globe for centuries before they discovered the Twins of Legend, Josh and Sophie Newman. Secrets abound—and now you can discover even more of the Flamels' story in this new volume of nine stories set in the world of the internationally bestselling series.
Stand with the Flamels when they find the Codex, the book that holds the secret to their immortality. Follow Machiavelli under the perilous streets of Paris. Join Scatty and her twin, Aoife, as they journey through mysterious shadowrealms. From encounters with enemies both human and inhuman to alliances forged with new characters from history, myth, and folklore, you will uncover mysteries from the past and find answers to questions remaining in the original series.
The Lost Stories Collection contains never-seen-in-print stories featuring series favorites like Niccolò Machiavelli, Billy the Kid, Virginia Dare, and William Shakespeare, as well as new characters like Edgar Allan Poe and St. Nicholas.
Every myth holds a grain of truth. Discover the truth now!
The Sorceress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #3)
Michael Scott
Book Three in the New York Times bestselling series.Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders.But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. Perenelle is still trapped in Alcatraz, and now that Scatty has gone missing, the group is without protection. Except for Clarent—the twin sword to Excalibur. But Clarent’s power is unthinkable, its evil making it nearly impossible to use without its darkness seeping into the soul of whoever wields it.If he hopes to defeat Dee, Nicholas must find an Elder who can teach Josh and Sophie the third elemental magic—Water Magic. The problem? The only one who can do that is Gilgamesh, and he is quite, quite insane.From the Hardcover edition.
The Thirteen Hallows (Thirteen Hallows, #1)
Michael Scott
The Hallows. Ancient artifacts imbued with a primal and deadly power. But are they protectors of this world, or the keys to its destruction?
A gruesome murder in London reveals a sinister plot to uncover a two-thousand-year-old secret.
For decades, the Keepers guarded these Hallows, keping them safe, hidden, and apart from one another. But now the Keepers are being brutally murdered, their prizes stolen, the ancient objects bathed in their blood.
Now, only a few remain.
With her dying breath, one of the Keepers convinces Sarah Miller, a virtual stranger, to deliver her Hallow--a broken sword with devastating powers--to her nephew, Owen.
The duo quickly become suspects in a series of murders as they are chased by both the police and the sadistic Dark Man and his nubile mistress.
As Sarah and Owen search for the surviving Keepers, they unravel a deadly secret the Keepers were charged to protect. The mystery leads Sarah and Owen on a cat-and-mouse chase through England and Wales--and history itself--as they discover that the sword may be the only thing standing between the world... and a horror beyond imagining.
The Warlock (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #5)
Michael Scott
The twins of prophecy have been divided—the end has begun.
Alcatraz
Although their ally Dr. John Dee has been declared utlaga, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid will follow the plans the Elders have laid before them: they will loose the monsters of Alcatraz on the city of San Francisco, thereby triggering the end of the human race.
Danu Talis:
The Shadowrealm that Scatty and Joan of Arc have entered is far more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. And they haven't landed here by chance—the warriors were called for a reason. So were Saint-Germain, Palamedes, and Shakespeare. The group was summoned because they must travel back int time to Danu Talis to destroy it. For the island of Danu Talis, known in humani myth as the lost city of Atlantis, must fall if the modern world is to exist.
San Francisco
The end is finally near. Josh Newman has chosen a side, and he will not stand with his sister, Sophie, or with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel. He will fight alongside Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare.
Unless Sophie can find her twin before the battle begins, all is lost—forever.
Virginia Dare and the Ratcatcher (Lost Stories from the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #5)
Michael Scott
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