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Alchemist's Door
Alchemist's Door
Author: Lisa Goldstein
Scientist, mathematician, and court astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee is also one of the sixteenth-century's most renowned alchemists, driven by a passion to fathom the elemental secrets of the cosmos. But when his reckless assistant, Edward Kelley, succeeds in using a crystal sphere to summon angels, Dee is catapulted into an awesome st...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780765301512
ISBN-10: 0765301512
Publication Date: 4/1/2003
Pages: 288
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3.8 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Tor Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Sandiinmississippi avatar reviewed Alchemist's Door on + 265 more book reviews
A fine historical fantasy novel, somewhat loosely plotted, but since the principal protagonists Dr. John Dee and Rabbi Loew's lives are principally those of scholars the adventure elements sometimes seem a bit forced - not really alternative history in terms of differences from published outcomes but sort of wainscoting fantasy - things that didn't get published - I liked it well enough, although none of her subsequent books have seemed to have the punch of her 1st 2 novels - The Red Magician and The Dream Years, but that may just be my changing perspective with age.


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