Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane rescue the Psammead, the cross sand-fairy, from a pet shop and find half of an ancient amulet that can carry them into the past. With help from a kind scholar upstairs, they hunt for the missing half in prehistoric Egypt, Babylon, Atlantis, Julius Caesar’s camp and Pharaoh’s court, and a Babylonian queen pays London a visit in return.
The third Psammead book, after Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet, and the most adventurous of the three. Download the free EPUB.