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DOMINOES
The Travels of 
Ibn Battuta
LEVEL ONE
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DOMINOES
Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter
Illustrated by Ollie Cuthbertson
Janet Hardy-Gould has worked as a teacher of English for many 
years. In her free time she enjoys reading history books and 
modern novels, visiting other European countries, and drinking 
tea with her friends. She lives in the ancient town of Lewes in 
the south of England with her husband and their two children. 
She has written a number of books, including 
Henry VIII and
his Six Wives
, and 
King Arthur 
in the Oxford Bookworms series, 
and 
The Great Fire of London
, 
Sinbad, Mulan, Hercules, 
and 
an adaptation of
 Sherlock Holmes: The Emerald Crown 
in the 
Dominoes series.
The Travels of 
Ibn Battuta
Janet Hardy-Gould
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