The Alchymist's Cat
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| Year Published: | 1991 |
| Illustrator(s): | Robin Jarvis |
| US Cover Artist: | Leonid Gore |
| UK Cover Artist: | Robin Jarvis |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0750008903 |
| Chronological Order: | 2 |
| Publication Order: | 4 |
The Alchymist's Cat is the first book in the Deptford Histories Trilogy by Robin Jarvis.
[edit] Summary
When young Will Godwin, an alchemist's assistant, finds a mother cat and her three kittens in a London churchyard, he carries them back to his master's apothecary. And there unfolds a tale of sorcery, villainy and murder. . . which eventually leads to the beginning of Jupiter.
[edit] Chapters
- The Beginning
- Childhood Forsaken
- "Where Dreams and Nightmares Mingle"
- The Apothecary
- A Hideous Task
- A Dragon in the Rags
- Necromancy
- Playing with Fire
- Adieu
- "Lord Have Mercy on Us"
- The Plague Doctor
- At the Southwarke Mission
- The Fall of Adonis
- The Depths of His Black Heart
- Of Reckoning and Destiny
- The Blackened Beast
