The alchemist's cat:book one of the Deptford Histories

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jarvis Robin 1963-
Published: SeaStar Books/Chronicle Books,
Publisher Address: San Francisco
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Deptford histories ; bk. 1
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Carrier Form: 304 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 1587172577
9781587172571
Index Number: I561
CLC: I561.45
Call Number: I561.45/J388
Contents: Prequel to: The dark portal.
"First published in Great Britain in 1989. Reprinted under license from Hodder Children's Books..."--Verso t.p.
"Typeset in Walbaum Book"--Verso t.p.
The beginning -- Childhood forsaken -- "Where Dreams and Nightmares Mingle" -- The Apothecary -- A hideous task -- A dragon in the rags -- Necromancy -- Playing with fire -- Adieu -- "Lord Have Mercy on Us" -- The plague doctor -- At the Southwarke Mission -- The fall of Adonis -- The depths of his black heart -- Of reckoning and destiny -- "The Blackened Beast."
In 1664, London, Will Godwin becomes an assistant to a wicked alchemist.