The Book of the Alchemist
Published on 26. November 2009
300 pages
978-1-84894-413-8 (ISBN)
Description
Andalucia, 1938. The Spanish Civil War is drawing to its end. Desperate Republican soldiers holding hostages in a cathedral, plan a last, explosive act of death and destruction. One of their prisoners, ex government minister Professor Pinzon, has already lost his son to the war. He determines to save his grandson at any cost. The discovery of an ancient book in a hidden space beneath the cathedral is a welcome distraction. But as Professor Pinzon reads aloud to the frightened hostages, he discovers that this tale of medieval Andaluz and the friendship between three young men - an alchemist, a mason and a prince - besides connecting two ideologically torn worlds 1000 years apart, might also offer a route to freedom . . .
Reviews / Votes
An epic historical and romantic story as well as an impressive first novel. * <i>Sunday Mirror </i> on THE PALACE OF HEAVENLY PLEASURE * 'This book is poetic and romantic in parts, harrowing and tragic in others' **** * <i>Heat</i> on THE EMPEROR'S BONES * A rattling good read. Full of love and loss and guts and gore and derring-do, this is as good as an adventure story gets . . . Williams is a master * <i>The Times</i> on THE PALACE OF HEAVENLY PLEASURE * A blockbuster with a difference * <i>Daily Mail</i> on THE PALACE OF HEAVENLY PLEASURE *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton General Division (Digital)
Edition type
Digital original
File size
1,08 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84894-413-8 (9781848944138)
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Adam Williams
The Book of the Alchemist
Book
06/2010
Hodder Paperback
€29.89
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Adam Williams, whose family has lived in China since the late nineteenth century, was born and raised in Hong Kong. For the last eighteen years he has been representative in Beijing of a Far East trading conglomerate. In 1999 he received an OBE for services to Sino-British trade. Adam lives in China and Italy and has three children. To find out more, visit Adam's website www.adam-williams.net or follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/_AdamWilliams.
