Bartimaeus Sequence

Article summary

The Bartimaeus Sequence is a series of young adult novels of alternate history, fantasy and magic. It was written by British writer Jonathan Stroud and consists of a trilogy published from 2003 to 2005 and a prequel novel published in 2010. The story follows the career of a teenage magician Nathaniel (aka John Mandrake) and a five-thousand-year-old djinni Bartimaeus, whom he has summoned and nominally controls, through the alternate history of the peak of London's domination as a magical oligarchy. According to the website for the series, over six million copies of the novels were sold in 36 languages worldwide.

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1. publication date: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2003 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 2005 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2010-10-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374879571