The book of the Alchemist
Williams, Adam, 1953-2009
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Andalucia, 1938. Towards the end of the Spanish Civil War a group of Republican soldiers kidnap Professor Pinzon & his grandson & hold them hostage in St Jaime's Cathedral. Searching the cathedral, they find a hidden moscque, undisturbed for hundreds of years. The mosque holds a book, written in the 11th century by Samuel the Jew.
Main title:
The book of the Alchemist / by Adam Williams.
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Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2009.
Collation:
669 p.
ISBN:
9780340899137 (hbk)0340899131 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.9'2G
Language:
English
Subject:
Kidnapping victims -- Spain -- Andalusia -- FictionGrandfathers -- FictionMosques -- Spain -- Andalusia -- FictionReligions -- Relations -- FictionGrandparent and child -- FictionHistoricalFiction: historicalSpain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- FictionSpain -- Religion -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
651407