The Alchemists Daughter

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A child of the English Age of Reason learns lessons of the heart in Mc Mahons fifth historical, her first published in the U.S. Like Philippa Gregory, she mixes historical accuracy with a heroine modern at heart if not in outward appearance. Its 1727, and 19-year-old Emilie Selden, cloistered since birth at Buckinghamshires Selden Manor, is docile under the iron rule of her domineering father, John, a scientist by reputation and an alchemist by calling. Under his stern tutelage, Emilie, who narrates, studies nature using the same methods used by their hero, Sir Isaac Newton. While on the verge of formulating her own theory of air and fire, Emilie meets two men: Thomas Shales, a clergyman and natural philosopher who alienates John Selden as much through his regard for Emilie as through his disregard for alchemy, and Robert Aislabie, a London adventurer who calls at Selden Manor to gain the fathers secrets and ends up taking the daughters heart. Father and daughter soon learn that love and loss cannot be kept in the confines of the laboratory. Mc Mahon highlights social turmoil through Emilies maid, Sarah, and intellectual conflict at the Royal Society, including a memorable evocation of Newtons funeral. Emilies voice is clear, and Mc Mahon doesnt shy away from the Enlightenments darker sides, giving this popular historical a satisfying gravity.

Książka "The Alchemists Daughter" - Katharine McMahon - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo Orion Publishing Group. Książka posiada 312 stron i została wydana w 2006 r.