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The alchemist's daughter a novel

A student of Isaac Newton, John Selden believes he can turn his daughter into a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. Secluded in their ancient house, with only two servants for company, he fills Emilie with knowledge and records her progress obsessively. In the spring of 1725, their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers: one a researcher, the other a dazzling young merchant. During the course of a sultry August, while her father is away, Emilie experiences the passion of first love. Listening to her heart rather than her head, she makes a choice. 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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  • "In the spring of 1725, a father and daughter John And Emilie Selden begin their most daring alchemical adventure - an attempt to breathe life into dead matter - but their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers."
  • "A student of Isaac Newton, John Selden believes he can turn his daughter into a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. Secluded in their ancient house, with only two servants for company, he fills Emilie with knowledge and records her progress obsessively. In the spring of 1725, their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers: one a researcher, the other a dazzling young merchant. During the course of a sultry August, while her father is away, Emilie experiences the passion of first love. Listening to her heart rather than her head, she makes a choice. 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.--"@en
  • "In the spring of 1725, when Emilie is eighteen, father and daughter begin their most daring alchemical adventure of all - an attempt to breathe life into dead matter. But their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers, one a researcher into the life of plants, the other a dazzling young merchant."@en
  • "In the spring of 1725, father and daughter John and Emilie Selden begin their most daring alchemical adventure - an attempt to breathe life into dead matter - but their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers. One is a researcher into the life of plants, the other a dazzling young merchant. During the course of a sultry August, while her father is away, Emilie is caught up in the passion of first love. Her father's spell broken, she is banished to London, where she discovers that for all her extraordinary education she has no insight into the workings of the human heart."
  • "A student of Isaac Newton, John Selden believes he can turn his daughter into a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. Secluded in their ancient house, with only two servants for company, he fills Emilie with knowledge and records her progress obsessively. In the spring of 1725, their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers: one a researcher, the other a dazzling young merchant. During the course of a sultry August, while her father is away, Emilie experiences the passion of first love. Listening to her heart rather than her head, she makes a choice. 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."@en
  • "There are long-held secrets at the manor house in Buckinghamshire, England, where Emilie Selden has been raised in near isolation by her father. A gripping tale of a book-smart young woman's sensual awakening--set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century London society--it is an unforgettable story of one woman's journey through a world of mystery, passion, and obsession."@en
  • "There are long-held secrets at the manor house in Buckinghamshire, England, where Emilie Selden has been raised in near isolation by her father. A gripping tale of a book-smart young woman's sensual awakening--set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century London society--it is an unforgettable story of one woman's journey through a world of mystery, passion, and obsession."

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