Elixir Of Death

Author : Bernard Knight
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448301424
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elixir of Death written by Bernard Knight and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coroner Sir John gets mixed up in alchemy in this twisty instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England. 1195. Prince John plots to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lionheart – and he is supported in his wicked schemes by King Philip of France, who offers to help John financially by sending him a mysterious alchemist, a Mohammedan named Nizam, who claims to be able to transmute base metals into gold. But Nizam never makes it England alive. The ship transporting him and his retainers to the Devon tin mines is found wrecked off the south Devon coast, its crew savagely slaughtered. And shortly afterwards, Sir Peter le Calve, a Norman knight living near Exeter, is also found foully murdered, his head stuck on the rood screen of the cathedral. It's up to Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, to find a motive and connection between the killings – and it’s clear that his unscrupulous brother-in-law, the disgraced ex-sheriff and known Prince John-sympathiser, Richard de Revelle, has something to hide . . .

Author : Paul Dyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781475012620
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elixir of Death written by Paul Dyer and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Elixir is a place," Laura murmured, "of unspeakable joy and unspeakable evil, and the journeys we can't avoid taking between them."Highschool English teacher Darin Hartley becomes fascinated with one of his students, Laura Whitcomb, a girl with a tragic and violent past. When he agrees to read the first chapter of a novel she's written, he doesn't realize those few pages will introduce him to the nightmarish town of Elixir, a place certain government agents don't want him asking any questions about. Yet even if Elixir is no longer on any conventional map, Darin has to find and enter it, because it holds the secret to the restoration of his sanity and happiness.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belgravia written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Belgravia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon written by Belgravia and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Lawrence
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1617737135
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of an Alchemist written by Mary Lawrence and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Colorful alchemical lore and a vividly imagined 1543 London enrich Lawrence’s engaging . . . sequel to . . . The Alchemist’s Daughter.”—Publishers Weekly In the mid sixteenth century, Henry VIII sits on the throne, and Bianca Goddard tends to the sick and suffering in London’s slums, where disease can take a life as quickly as murder . . . For years, alchemist Ferris Stannum has devoted himself to developing the Elixir of Life, the reputed serum of immortality. Having tested his remedy successfully on an animal, Stannum intends to send his alchemy journal to a colleague in Cairo for confirmation. But the next day his body is found and the journal is gone. Bianca, the daughter of an alchemist, is well acquainted with the mystical healing arts. When her husband John falls ill with the sweating sickness, she dares to hope Stannum’s journal could contain the secret to his recovery. But first she must solve the alchemist’s murder. As she ventures into a world of treachery and deceit, Stannum’s death is only the first in a series of murders—and Bianca’s quest becomes a matter of life and death, not only for her husband, but for herself . . . Praise for The Alchemist’s Daughter “Unique characters, a twisty plot and a bold, bright heroine . . . Mystery and Tudor fans alike will raise a glass to this new series.”—Karen Harper, New York Times bestselling author “A realistic evocation of 16th century London’s underside. The various strands of the plot are so skillfully plaited together.”—Fiona Buckley, author of the Ursula Blanchard Mysteries

Author : Arthur Ransome
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elixir of Life written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Belshaw
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405143835
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 10 Good Questions About Life And Death written by Christopher Belshaw and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 Good Questions about Life and Death makes us think againabout some of the most important issues we ever have to face. Addresses the fundamental questions that many of us ask aboutlife and death. Written in an engaging and straightforward style, ideal forthose with no formal background in philosophy. Focuses on commonly pondered issues, such as: Is life sacred?Is it bad to die? Is there life after death? Does life havemeaning? And which life is best? Encourages readers to think about and respond to the humancondition. Features case studies, thought-experiments, and references toliterature, film, music, religion and myth.

Author : John Caldwell Johnston
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
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Download or read book The Book of the Beloved written by John Caldwell Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vincent Starrett
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book Coffins for Two written by Vincent Starrett and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Braver
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812575910
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elixir written by Gary Braver and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biologist Christopher Bacon returns from the New Guinea rainforests with a flower rumored to prevent aging. As he conducts his research on the flower's extract in his Boston lab, Chris finds that the test animals are not only rejuvenated, but they stop aging altogether. Soon, Chris finds himself tampering with nature, and the consequences are unimaginably horrific.