The Alchemist's Daughter - Softcover

McMahon, Katharine

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307335852 ISBN 13: 9780307335852

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2006

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During the English Age of Reason, a woman cloistered since birth learns that knowledge is no substitute for experience.

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, 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 is banished to London, where she soon discovers she knows nothing about human nature--or her own family's complicated past. So begins her shocking journey to enlightenment.

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Review:

"Perfectly timed and modulated not only to draw us in and wring us out but also to reveal the spirit of a time." --The Boston Globe

"Rich in period detail, this historical novel has all the right trappings." --Daily News

"Beautifully crafted . . . lavishly furnished with period details and intriguing characters." --Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author of A Breath of Snow and Ashes, The Washington Post

"Evocative, compelling, and beautifully written . . . explosive secrets abound not only in the mysterious alchemy laboratory and in sprawling, seething London during the Age of Reason--but also in the heroine's heart." --Karen Harper, USA Today bestselling author of The Last Boleyn

Book Description:

A classic, page-turning story of secrets and science, passion and betrayal, innocence and experience - in the tradition of Tracy Chevalier and Philippa Gregory

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