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Alchemy

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Alchemy Synopsis

The new historical crime thriller, a Sunday Times bestseller, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Hilary Mantel Prague, 1588.

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COURT IN TURMOIL

The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundaries of human knowledge, and his court is a haven for scientists, astrologers and alchemists. His abiding passion is the feverish search for the philosopher’s stone and thus immortality. The Catholic Church fears he has pushed too far, into the forbidden realm of heresy – and the greatest powers in Christendom are concerned about the imperial line of succession.

A MURDERED ALCHEMIST Giordano Bruno is sent to his court by Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s spymaster. His task: to contact the famous English alchemist and mystic John Dee, another of Walsingham’s spies. But Bruno’s arrival in Prague coincides with the brutal murder of a rival alchemist – and John Dee himself has disappeared.

AN UNFORGIVING ENEMY

Ordered by the emperor to find the killer, Bruno’s investigations bring him face to face with an old enemy from the Inquisition. But could the real danger lie elsewhere? Amidst the jostling factions at court and the religious tensions brewing in the city, Bruno has to track down a murderer as elusive as the elixir of life itself.

‘The clever twists and turns of Alchemy are assuredly plotted and Prague, a city in religious and political turmoil, makes for a powerful setting’ The Times ‘Over the past dozen years, S.

J. Parris’s novels… have been among the most enjoyable of all historical thrillers’ Sunday Times ‘Breathless pace and acutely observed detail make for a story that confounds and surprises’ Observer S. J.

Parris's book Alchemy was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 03-07-2023

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780008208547
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Author: S J Parris
Publisher: HarperCollins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 480 pages
Series: Giordano Bruno
Genres: Historical crime and mysteries
Thriller and Suspense
Horror and Supernatural Fiction
Occult fiction

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