An edition of The Alchymist's Cat (Deptford Histories)
(1991)
The Alchymist's Cat (Deptford Histories)
New Ed edition
by Robin Jarvis
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December 7, 2021 | History
It is the winter of 1664 and young Will Godwin, an alchymist's assistant, chances upon a mother cat and her three new-born kittens in a London churchyard.
Taking pity on the freezing family, Will carries them back to his master's apothecary shop. And there, among the bubbling bottles and evil-smelling jars in Dr. Spittle's laboratory, unfolds an extraordinary tale of sorcery, villainy and murder...
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The Alchymist's Cat (Deptford Histories)
October 17, 2002, Hodder Children's Books
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1840325844 9781840325843
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The Alchymist's Cat (Deptford Histories)
September 21, 2000, Hodder Children's Books
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The Alchymist's Cat (Deptford Histories)
October 17, 1991, Hodder Wayland
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First Sentence
""Nothing is what it seems," Will whispered to himself, repeating a favorite saying of his father's."
Table of Contents
The Beginning
1.
Childhood Forsaken
2.
'Where Dreams and Nightmares Mingle'
3.
The Apothecary
4.
A Hideous Task
5.
A Dragon in the Rags
6.
Necromancy
7.
Playing with Fire
8.
Adieu
9.
'Lord Have Mercy on Us'
10.
The Plague Doctor
11.
At the Southwarke Mission
12.
The Fall of Adonis
13.
The Depths of his Black Heart
14.
Of Reckoning and Destiny
'The Blackened Beast'
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