title: The Amulet of Samarkand (A Bartimaeus Graphic Novel) (A Bartimaeus Novel)
author:  Jonathan Stroud 
description: <strong>Jonathan Stroud</strong> (www.jonathanstroud.com) is the author of the <em>New York Times </em>best-selling Bartimaeus Trilogy, as well as <em>Heroes of the Valley</em>, <em>The Leap</em>, <em>The Last Siege</em>,<em> </em>and <em>Buried Fire</em>. He lives in England with his family.<br /> <br /><strong>Andrew Donkin</strong> (www.andrewdonkin.com) is the author of more than sixty books for children and adults. His work in comics includes <em>Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight </em>as well as the graphic novel adaptations of <em>Artemis Fowl </em>and <em>Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident </em>with Eoin Colfer. He lives in London, England.
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  BOOKS BY JONATHAN STROUD
  
  
  LOCKWOOD & CO.  
   _The Screaming Staircase_
  
  
  THE BARTIMAEUS BOOKS  
   _The Amulet of Samarkand  
  Ptolemy’s Gate  
  The Ring of Solomon_  
   _The Amulet of Samarkand Graphic Novel_
  
  
  _Buried Fire  
  The Leap  
  The Last Siege  
  Heroes of the Valley_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  About the Endnotes
  
  
  Bartimaeus is famous for making snarky asides and boastful claims, which you
  can find in this book’s endnotes. To access his comments as you are reading
  the story, click on the highlighted superscript number and the page will turn
  to the corresponding note. To return to where you were reading, click on the
  same number in the endnotes section. This feature works on most devices.
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2006 by Jonathan Stroud
  
  
  Excerpt from _The Screaming Staircase_ text copyright © 2013 by Jonathan
  Stroud, illustrations copyright © 2013 by Kate Adams
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be r