Description
| Product ID: | 9780553506921 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Arcanum |
| Authors: | Author: Janet Gleeson |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Carving and modelling, moulding and casting, Carving & modelling, moulding & casting |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Imprisoned in a fairy-tale castle and under constant threat of execution by his ruthless captor an 18th century apothecary struggled to realize the alchemist's dream. Imprisoned in a fairy-tale castle and under constant threat of execution by his ruthless captor an 18th century apothecary struggled to realize the alchemist''s dream. His name was Johann Frederick Bottger. But instead of transforming base metal into gold he was to discover the formula for something even more exotic and elusive, a substance so precious it was known as ''white gold''. And it was a formula for which others were prepared to lie, cheat, steal and even kill to possess. |
| Imprint Name: | Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of |
| Publisher Name: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1999-06-01 |
