"Dark secrets haunt the manor house at Selden in Buckinghamshire, where Emilie Selden, motherless, fiercely intelligent and more beautiful than she realises, has been raised in near isolation by her father. John Selden, student of Isaac Newton, is conducting a bold and secret experiment. He aims to turn Emilie into a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. Secluded in his ancient manor house, with only their two servants for company, he fills her with knowledge and records every step she takes. In the spring of 1725, when Emilie is eighteen, father and daughter begin their most daring alchemical adventure of all - an attempt to breathe life into dead matter. But their work is interrupted by the arrival of two strangers, one a researcher into the life of plants, the other a dazzling young merchant. During the course of a sultry August, whilst her father is away, Emilie is caught up in the passion of first love and, listening for the first time to her heart rather than her head, she makes her choice... with consequences that are far-reaching and tumultuous. "

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Received it today :) Can't believe it arrived so soon. Thank you so much, ApoloniaX for granting this wish from my wishlist. And thank you for BC stickers, they'll be put to good use :) I can't wait to read this book and will do so as soon as I finish my current bookrings.

Thanks again and be assured that this book will travel on :)

Another great historical romance. Really interesting story and little unusual. I definitely like Katharine McMahon style, though I wished for the ending to be a little more detailed and better explained. Still, great book that kept me on the edge till the very end.

Thank you again, ApoloniaX, for sharing this book with me :)

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Left it in the common room of the Hostel :) Happy reading