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''[[Stravaganza]]'' is a series of novels by British writer Mary Hoffman about the adventures of young Earthlings in Talia, the [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]] version of Renaissance Italy. These people, called 'Stravaganti', can go to Talia while asleep by using magical talismans. Political troubles have started to brew, and the Stravaganti are caught up in the middle of it.
The series was well-received by critics, though not popular. It was originally intended as a trilogy, but a fourth and now a fifth book was recently released.
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* ''City of Ships'', which focuses on Isabel, a girl overshadowed by her twin brother. Her talisman is a bag full of mosaic tiles, who visits Classe, the Talian version of Ravenna.
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* [[Alchemy]]: Dr. Dethridge was an alchemist back in England before he discovered stravagation. Also, it is mentioned that Talian alchemists try to turn lead into ''silver'', which is more valuable than gold in Talia.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Maybe they don't all quite qualify as this, but the di Chimici become a lot more human as the series progresses, and not in a [[Villain Decay]] sort of way.
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[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:Fantasy Literature]]
[[Category:Young Adult Literature]]
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