The alchemist's daughter
a novel
Alchemists
Social isolation
Alchemy
Conflict of generations
Eccentrics and eccentricities
Scientists, fiction
Country homes
Coming of age
Fathers and daughters, fiction
Fathers
Fiction, coming of age
Scientists
Secrets
Young women, fiction
Fathers and daughters
Young women
Fiction, historical
Death
Family relationships
England, fiction
Fiction, historical, general
History
Fiction
There are long-held secrets at the manor house in Buckinghamshire, England, where Emilie Selden has been raised in near isolation by her father. A student of Isaac Newton, John Selden believes he can turn his daughter into a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. Secluded in their ancient hous…
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