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The Hatmakers

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780241447246

  • Length: 438  Minutes

  • RRP: £9.00

The Hatmakers

Brought to you by Puffin.

The first adventure in a spellbinding new magical world.

'Wildly inventive . . . full of laugh-out-loud humour, enchanting magic and rebellious hope. I loved it' Catherine Doyle

Cordelia comes from a long line of magical milliners, who weave alchemy and enchantment into every hat. In Cordelia's world, Making - crafting items such as hats, cloaks, watches, boots and gloves from magical ingredients - is a rare and ancient skill, and only a few special Maker families remain.

When Cordelia's father Prospero and his ship, the Jolly Bonnet, are lost at sea during a mission to collect hat ingredients, Cordelia is determined to find him. But Uncle Tiberius and Aunt Ariadne have no time to help the littlest Hatmaker, for an ancient rivalry between the Maker families is threatening to surface. Worse, someone seems to be using Maker magic to start a war.

It's up to Cordelia to find out who, and why . . .

'An utterly charming adventure full of wildness, wit, magic and heart' Anna James

© Tamzin Merchant 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

  • Imprint: Puffin

  • ISBN: 9780241447246

  • Length: 438  Minutes

  • RRP: £9.00

Reviews

  • A wildly inventive tale, full of laugh-out-loud humour, enchanting magic and rebellious hope. Charming from first page to last. I loved it

    Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island

  • An utterly charming adventure full of wildness, wit, magic and heart

    Anna James, author of Pages & Co

  • Imaginative . . . Entertaining, comical and breezy, and the settings are conjured in transporting detail

    The Times

  • A swashbuckling romp for lovers of history and magic . . . Magical elements, complicated plot twists and colourful characters will appeal to Philip Pullman and Harry Potter fans

    Kirkus

  • A cosy magical adventure peppered with charming detail

    Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

  • Absolutely wonderful

    Emma Carroll, author of Letters from the Lighthouse

  • An engaging ode to the bonds of family and friendship, the power of teamwork, and the magic that we all have inside ourselves

    Booklist

  • Action-packed . . . Engaging

    Publishers Weekly

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About the Author

Tamzin Merchant

Tamzin grew up in Australia, South Africa and Dubai before moving to England in her early teens, where she finally discovered the season of winter. She has been an actor since the age of 17, when she played the part of Georgiana Darcy in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Since then, her acting work has taken her around the world and on a journey through time. She has been a Tudor, a Victorian and a Jacobean. She survived the Blitz in 1940 and succumbed to pneumonia in Edwardian times. She's been an alien, a witch, a doomed Queen and a rebel Scottish warrior. She has also written and directed several award-winning short films. Her latest role is as Imogen Spurnrose in Amazon's original series, Carnival Row. Tamzin's first book is The Hatmakers.

Tamzin Merchant

Paola Escobar

Tamzin grew up in Australia, South Africa and Dubai before moving to England in her early teens, where she finally discovered the season of winter. She has been an actor since the age of 17, when she played the part of Georgiana Darcy in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Since then, her acting work has taken her around the world and on a journey through time. She has been a Tudor, a Victorian and a Jacobean. She survived the Blitz in 1940 and succumbed to pneumonia in Edwardian times. She's been an alien, a witch, a doomed Queen and a rebel Scottish warrior. She has also written and directed several award-winning short films. Her latest role is as Imogen Spurnrose in Amazon's original series, Carnival Row. Tamzin's first book is The Hatmakers.

Paola Escobar

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Inspiration

'I thought, I've got to turn that dream into a book': 21 Questions with Tamzin Merchant

The actor and author of fantasy adventure The Hatmakers on inviting Shakespeare over for dinner, the power of swimming in the sea and writing in sprints.
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Video

Tamzin Merchant on her new book The Mapmakers

From riddles etched onto starlit maps to missions to save magic itself, watch below to hear all about author Tamzin Merchant’s brand new book in The Hatmakers series – The Mapmakers, out on the 17th of February, 2022!

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