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The second adventure in the Bartimaeus trilogy finds our young apprentice magician Nathaniel working his way up the ranks of the government, when crisis hits. A

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Humiliated in front of everyone by hotshot wizard Simon Lovelace, Nathaniel seeks revenge by summoning the all-powerful djinni, Bartimaeus. Attempting to steal