A compelling mystery blending the witch trials of the past with a
contemporary case of academic intrigue from this brilliant,
well-loved novelist. Jade Green is a solicitor with her own
practice, Lost Causes, that she runs from her London flat. She
struggles to keep her business afloat, and supplements her income
by delivering for the local Chinese takeaway. Her life changes with
a single phonecall. Dr Gilbert has been dismissed from his post
teaching the history of science at the University of Wessex.
Allegations have been made that he was corrupting the students with
Satanism; the professor himself suspects the university to be
controlled by a fundamentalist Christian sect. As Jade delves into
this bizarre case, she finds herself drawn into a
seventeenth-century manuscript, the original of which has been
stolen from the Professor's briefcase at the university. It is 'The
Memorial of Amyntas Boston', a young woman - raised as a boy - who
is awaiting trial for dabbling in the black arts and in alchemy.
Taken into service by Mary Sidney, she had fallen in love with her
mistress and ultimately found herself betrayed by her. The two
stories intertwine as Jade feels her life - her hidden identities
and her secret love - mysteriously resonate with Amyntas's. In this
sweeping novel, Maureen Duffy combines the pleasures of detection
with the mysteries of fraud, alchemy, early science and witchcraft.
By turns passionate and drily witty, this is an immensely
compelling tale.
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