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Full of actionpacked, shocking revelations and most of all thrilling story. The vespers have ordered amy and dan to find a legendary map that belonged to marco polo. Judy blundell, more commonly known by her pseudonym jude watson, is a national book awardwinning author. Her husband, neil watson, is the director of the katonah art museum. At this early hour, the santa maria novella train station was crammed with travelers. But then the ransom comes in and the vespers demand the impossible. The main characters of this romance, historical romance story are lady gillian. What would you do if you were being forced by an evil mastermind, who you have no clue to their identity, to steal priceless artifacts from all over europe.
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Watson lives in katonah new york with her daughter and husband. Jude watson is one of the recurring authors of the 39 clues series. I cant believe how different authors can work together to create such a wonderful series. Judy blundell, pseudonym jude watson, is an american author of books for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers. In the beginning of the book, amy and dan are wandering in santa maria novella train station in florence when they come across a girl named vanessa mallory, who is actually cheyenne wyoming in disguise and use her as a distraction in order to get into the train for lucerne, switzerland where vesper. Vespers, book 2 by jude watson book cover, description, publication history.
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