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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     McMahon, Katharine.     Subjects     Scientists -- Family relationships -- Fiction.     Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.     Conflict of generations -- Fiction.     Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.     Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.     Social isolation -- Fiction.     Country homes -- Fiction.     Young women -- Fiction.     Alchemists -- Fiction.     England -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McMahon, Katharine.       by title:      The alchemist's daug...       by call number:      FICTION MCM     Search the Web     McMahon, Katharine.     Scientists -- Family relationships -- Fiction.     Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.     Conflict of generations -- Fiction.     Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.     Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.     Social isolation -- Fiction.     Country homes -- Fiction.     Young women -- Fiction.     Alchemists -- Fiction.     England -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The alchemist's daughter : a novel / Katharine McMahon. by McMahon, Katharine. Crown, c2006. Call #: FICTION MCM Subjects Scientists -- Family relationships -- Fiction.   Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.   Conflict of generations -- Fiction.   Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.   Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.   Social isolation -- Fiction.   Country homes -- Fiction.   Young women -- Fiction.   Alchemists -- Fiction.   England -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780307238511 0307238512 Edition:  1st American ed. Description:  338 p. ; 25 cm. Summary:  "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 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, father and daughter begin their most daring alchemical experiment to date—they will attempt to breathe life into dead matter. But 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. The Alchemist’s Daughter is a gripping, evocative tale. 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."--Inside jacket. Genre:  Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION MCM Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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