FIRST EDITION, first printing. The "1" is all that is present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed to a Publisher's bookplate affixed to the full title page. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request.

The new 2023 historical thriller in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor in the The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

Prague, 1588.

A COURT IN TURMOIL
The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundaries of human knowledge, and his court is a haven for scientists, astrologers and alchemists. His abiding passion is the feverish search for the philosopher's stone and thus immortality. The Catholic Church fears he has pushed too far, into the forbidden realm of heresy – and the greatest powers in Christendom are concerned about the imperial line of succession.

A MURDERED ALCHEMIST
Giordano Bruno is sent to his court by Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I's spymaster. His task: to contact the famous English alchemist and mystic John Dee, another of Walsingham's spies. But Bruno's arrival in Prague coincides with the brutal murder of a rival alchemist – and John Dee himself has disappeared.

AN UNFORGIVING ENEMY
Ordered by the emperor to find the killer, Bruno's investigations bring him face to face with an old enemy from the Inquisition. But could the real danger lie elsewhere? Amidst the jostling factions at court and the religious tensions brewing in the city, Bruno has to track down a murderer as elusive as the elixir of life itself.

'The clever twists and turns of Alchemy are assuredly plotted and Prague, a city in religious and political turmoil, makes for a powerful setting' The Times

'Over the past dozen years, S. J. Parris's novels… have been among the most enjoyable of all historical thrillers' Sunday Times

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Bookseller: Books On The Boulevard (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 812
Title: Alchemy: The latest new gripping historical crime thriller from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author ~ U.K. SIGNED FIRST/FIRST
Author: Parris, S. J
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: New
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Hardcover Signed
ISBN 10: 0008208549
ISBN 13: 9780008208547
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2023
Keywords: signed; collectible; autographed, novel, holy roman empire, spymaster, stephanie, merritt, tudor england, cambridge, giordano bruno

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