Motherless, beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Emilie Selden is raised in seclusion by her father, who aims to turn her into a brilliant alchemist and natural philosopher. But her upbringing gives her little insight into the mysteries of the human heart. During the sultry summer of 1725, their most daring experiment yet - an attempt to breathe new life into dead matter - is disrupted by the arrival of two fascinating strangers, and Emilie, caught up in the passion of first love, makes a fate...
Motherless, beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Emilie Selden is raised in seclusion by her father, who aims to turn her into a brilliant alchemist and natural philosopher. But her upbringing gives her little insight into the mysteries of the human heart.
During the sultry summer of 1725, their most daring experiment yet - an attempt to breathe new life into dead matter - is disrupted by the arrival of two fascinating strangers, and Emilie, caught up in the passion of first love, makes a fateful choice.
Her father's spell broken, she is banished to London. There, marooned by circumstance as well as by her extraordinary education, she discovers she has much to learn - about the darkness recesses of human nature, and her own family's complicated past... Книга «The Alchemist's Daughter» автора Катарина Макмахон оценена посетителями КнигоГид, и её читательский рейтинг составил 4.00 из 10.
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