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The Alchemist's Daughter

By Katharine McMahon

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| Paperback | 9780753821312

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Dark secrets haunt the manor house at Selden in Buckinghamshire, where Emilie Selden, motherless, fiercely intelligent and beautiful, has been raised in near isolation by her father. John Selden, student of Isaac Newton, is conducting a secret experiment. He aims to turn Emilie into a brilliant natuContinue

Dark secrets haunt the manor house at Selden in Buckinghamshire, where Emilie Selden, motherless, fiercely intelligent and beautiful, has been raised in near isolation by her father. John Selden, student of Isaac Newton, is conducting a secret experiment. He aims to turn Emilie into a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist and fills her with knowledge while recording every step she takes. In the spring of 1725, when Emilie is eighteen, father and daughter begin their most daring adventure - an attempt to breathe life into dead matter. But they are interrupted by the arrival of two strangers. During the course of a sultry August, Emilie is caught up in the passion of first love and, listening for the first time to her heart rather than her head, she makes her choice...with consequences that are far-reaching and tumultuous.

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  • The Alchemist's Daughter

    The Alchemist's Daughter Katharine McMahon Three Rivers Press Paperback 352 pages October 2006 Living a secluded life in Selden Manor, Buckinghamshire, Emilie Selden and her father, John Selden, spend their days in their laboratory conducting experim ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - THE ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER by Katharine McMahon

    • Reading Group Guide • Read an Excerpt The most any of us probably learned about the arcane discipline of alchemy is that it had something to do with turning base metals into gold. What far fewer of us may realize is how much the fanciful and seemin ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Thu, 2 Sep 2010

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    This was a great book to read at the end of one decade and the beginning of another. I liked how gradually Emilie learns how her isolation has left her ignorant of not only the city life in London but how others perceive her.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 320 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0753821311
  • ISBN-13: 9780753821312
  • Publisher: Phoenix Press
  • Pub date: Sep 06, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and eBook
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