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Book shop
Book Shops were suppliers of books and maps in the cities of Constantinople and Cappadocia during the early 16th century.
Available books
Constantinople
| Book | Author | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The Odyssey | Homer | 201`₳ |
| Aeneid | Virgil | 242`₳ |
| Mu'allaqat | Hammad Ar-Rawiya | 334`₳ |
| Geography | Ptolemy | 483`₳ |
| The History of the Kings of Britain | Geoffrey of Monmouth | 529`₳ |
| Heimskringla | Snorri Sturluson | 1,840`₳ |
| The Book of Prophecies | Christopher Columbus | 3,220`₳ |
| The Golden Ass | Apeleius | 3,588`₳ |
| Parallel Lives | Plutarch | 9,085`₳ |
| Metamorphoses | Ovid | 9,315`₳ |
| Opus Majus | Roger Bacon | 9,775`₳ |
| The Secret History of the Mongols | Unknown | 24,725`₳ |
| Anabasis Alexandri | Arrian of Nicodemia | 27,600`₳ |
| Record of the Grand Historian | Sima Qian | 44,505`₳ |
Cappadocia
| Book | Author | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bibliotheca | Photius | 97,750`₳ |
| Cronica | Ramon Muntaner | 76,475`₳ |
| Tirant lo Blanch | Joanot Martorell | 86,250`₳ |
| Digenes Akritas | Unknown | 59,800`₳ |
Book quests
- Main article: The Polo Symbols
After completing the memory "Signs and Symbols, Part I", Ezio Auditore found the following books scattered throughout Constantinople with his Eagle Sense.
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo
- One Thousand and One Nights by Unknown
- The Book of Kings by Ferdowsi
- Nibelungenlied by Unknown
- Iliad by Homer
- The Flute Girl by Menander
After finding and purchasing all the books, a cutscene involving the bookshop owner Sofia Sartor and Ezio Auditore is unlocked at the Assassin hideout.
Maps
Maps revealing the locations of the treasure chests in Constantinople and Cappadocia can also be bought, as well as a map revealing the locations of Ishak Pasha's Memoir Pages.
| Map | Price |
|---|---|
| Imperial District Map 1 | 949`₳ |
| Imperial District Map 2 | 1,380`₳ |
| Galata Map 1 | 828`₳ |
| Galata Map 2 | 1,323`₳ |
| Beyazid District Map 1 | 874`₳ |
| Beyazid District Map 2 | 1,495 `₳ |
| Constantine District Map 1 | 897`₳ |
| Constantine District Map 2 | 1,633`₳ |
| Arsenal Map | 1,415`₳ |
| Cappadocia Map 1 | 1,104`₳ |
| Cappadocia Map 2 | 1,760`₳ |
| Ishak Pasha's Memoir Map∞ | 12,075`₳ |
∞ 25 Animus data fragments are needed to buy the map.
Trivia
- Book Shops and books have replaced the functions of Art Merchants and paintings from Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
- Buying every book available from the Book Shops in Constantinople and Cappadocia, along with finding all the hidden books from Polo Memories, unlocks the "Sage" achievement/trophy.
- The December 20, 2011 patch introduced a bug that prevents the game from awarding Sage after collecting all the books. This has been fixed by a subsequent patch.