Janet Gleeson

The Arcanum

Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Imprisoned in a fairy-tale castle and under constant threat of execution by his ruthless captor an 18th century apothecary struggled to realize the alchemist's dream.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 129mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9780553506921
• ISBN-10: 0553506927
• Artikelnr.: 21617672

Autorenporträt

Janet Gleeson is the author of works of fiction and nonfiction which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her books include The Arcanum, which was Radio 4 Book of the Week and a Sunday Times bestseller, The Money Maker, An Aristocratic Affair and The Lifeboat Baronet, as well as three historical crime novels. She has a BA Hons in English and Art History from Nottingham University and an MA from Birkbeck College, University of London. She worked at Sotheby's and Bonhams where she specialised in old master paintings before starting her writing career as a columnist for House & Garden and an editor for Reed Books. She lives in a medieval barn in Dorset.