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The Fire Star (A Maven & Reeve Mystery)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is pure fiction, but the story is based in a world that’s inspired by my love of Medieval history. The Beech Circle’s secret meeting place, for instance, was inspired by this article<\/a> and this episode of Great British Railways<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you love the world of Cartreff, Rennart Castle, The Beech Circle, knights, maids and mysteries, I’ve put together a range of resources: links, books, documentaries and more to help\u00a0 you to explore!<\/p>\n DID YOU KNOW?<\/strong><\/p>\n MORE about MEDIEVAL LIFE:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”50px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”30px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font_size=”17px” link_line_height=”2em” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” link_font_size_tablet=”17px” link_font_size_phone=”16px” link_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ width_tablet=”80%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|phone” max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”30px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Quote-from-the-fire-star-by-A-L-Tait.png” title_text=”Quote from the fire star by A L Tait” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font_size=”17px” link_font_size=”17px” link_line_height=”2em” header_5_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” link_font_size_tablet=”” link_font_size_phone=”16px” link_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_padding=”60px||80px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||14px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”2em” header_font=”Raleway||||||||” header_3_font=”Lora|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#232323″ header_3_font_size=”40px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1px” header_3_line_height=”1.6em” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|true|true” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”16px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_3_font_size_tablet=”35px” header_3_font_size_phone=”28px” header_3_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” border_color_all=”#bfcddc” global_colors_info=”{}” border_radii__hover=”on||||” border_radii__hover_enabled=”on||||”]<\/p>\n THE FIRE STAR<\/a> is the first Maven & Reeve mystery, but not the first ‘almost history’ world created by A. 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If you loved the vivid characters, exciting adventure and brilliant details of THE FIRE STAR, try THE MAPMAKER CHRONICLES<\/a>, the epic story of a race to map the world, or THE ATEBAN CIPHER<\/a> novels, an intriguing tale of a mysterious and beautiful book.<\/strong><\/p>\n