![]() ![]() Bianca, while not interested in the alchemy of projecting the philosopher’s stone (a substance purported to transmute base metals into gold), uses her knowledge to make balms and medicines which her friend Meddybemps sells from his pushcart along with his talismans and trinkets.įirst, we meet the physician who “rarely from accepted protocol” who is treating a man by blood letting. It is August, 1543, and there are rumours of that dreaded disease “the sweating sickness”, fear of which usually drove the court out of London for the season. Bianca has married John, an apprentice to a French metallurgist, and together they live in Gull Hole, an area of Southwark where they are in a rent where the air is stifling and full of foul smells from the River Thames. The first book in the series is The Alchemist’s Daughter, which I am definitely going to have to get.ĭeath of an Alchemist brings to life all the sights, sounds, and dangers Tudor London. Death of an Alchemist is her second published novel featuring Bianca, a young lady (early 2os) living in the London of Henry VIII, who has picked up knowledge of healing herbs from her mother and some of the art of alchemy from her father, a disgraced alchemist since his falling out with that capricious king. ![]() Mary Lawrence has been writing for a long time but, until recently, has been unpublished. I received a free ecopy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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