In 1664, Will Godwin arrives in London and, to escape punishment for a crime he didn't commit, becomes an assistant to a powerful and wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle, but longs to flee his servitude.
year: 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: cats, fiction, apprentices, alchemy, survival, london (england), history, 17th century, fiction, great britain, charles ii, 1660-1685