Katharine McMahon

The Alchemist's Daughter (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Secrets abound in this gripping tale of a young woman cloistered since birth who discovers that knowledge is no subsitute for experience when she choses to follow her heart over science. Raised by her father in near isolation in the English countryside, Emilie Selden is trained as a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. In the spring of 1725, during the English Age of Reason, father and daughter embark upon their most daring alchemical experiment to date-attempting to breathe life into dead matter. But when Emilie-against her father's wishes-experiences the passion of first love, she decides to listen to her heart over her head. Banished to London and plunged headlong into a society that is both glamorous and ruthless, Emilie discovers that for all her extraordinary education she has no insight into the workings of the human heart. When she tries to return to the world of books and study, she instead unravels a shocking secret that sets her on her true journey to enlightenment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Crown
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780307345363
• Artikelnr.: 39203905

Autorenporträt

KATHARINE MCMAHON is the author of 8 novels, including the bestselling The Rose of Sebastopol. She's always combined writing with some form of teaching - English and Drama in schools supporting students in their writing. Her great love, beyond writing books, is the stage - both as a member of the audience and performing in her local theatre. She lives with her family in Hertfordshire. Visit her at KatharineMcmahon.com.