Gold Quest - Tapa blanda

This book tells the story of precious gold, created when stars explode, mined in Ancient Egypt, made into a mummy mask and buried with a king.

But the tomb is robbed, the mask is stolen and made into something new... And so the gold changes hands and changes shape as centuries pass. It's a prize at the Colosseum in Rome, a gift for Queen Elizabeth I at Nonesuch Palace, counterfeit coins in a sea captain's chest, a toothpick holder at Versailles, gold buttons on a waistcoat bound for Australia, and a necklace in modern New York.

Stephen Biesty's richly detailed illustrations and Meredith Hooper's resonant text together tell the awe-inspiring story of the gold and its owners, of hopes and dreams, courage and deceit, romance and adventure.

Illustrator: Stephen Biesty is possibly the best known name in international children's non fiction. Incredible Cross Sections was shortlisted for the Greenaway and Maschler awards, highly commended for the Sheffield Children's Book Award and winner of the Utah Children's Information Book Award. Man of War won the New York Times best illustrated book award.

Author: Meredith Hooper studied Imperial and Naval history at Oxford. She is now a full-time writer. Other work includes: visting Research Fellow of the Royal Instituition Centre for the History of Science and Technology and a member of the Association of British Science Writers.