Download or read book The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel written by Jonathan Stroud and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartimaeus, everyone's favorite (wise-cracking) djinni, is back in book four of this best-selling series, now available in paperback. As alluded to in the footnotes throughout the series, Bartimaeus has served hundreds of magicians during his 5,010 year career. Now fans can go back in time with the djinni, to Jerusalem and the court of King Solomon in 950 BCE. Only in this adventure, it seems the great Bartimaeus has finally met his match. He'll have to contend with an unpleasant master and his sinister servant, and he runs into just a "spot" of trouble with King Solomon's magic ring....