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Cover: 9780553506921 | The Arcanum | Janet Gleeson | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert
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The Arcanum
Taschenbuch von Janet Gleeson
Sprache: Englisch

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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.

This was the remarkable backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history; a tale of genius and greed of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty of the best and worst of which man is capable - it is the true story of the invention of European porcelain.
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.

This was the remarkable backdrop to one of the most strange and compelling episodes in European cultural and scientific history; a tale of genius and greed of demonic cruelty and exquisite beauty of the best and worst of which man is capable - it is the true story of the invention of European porcelain.
Über den Autor
Janet Gleeson is the author of works of fiction and nonfiction which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her books include The Arcanum, which was Radio 4 Book of the Week and a Sunday Times bestseller, The Money Maker, An Aristocratic Affair and The Lifeboat Baronet, as well as three historical crime novels. She has a BA Hons in English and Art History from Nottingham University and an MA from Birkbeck College, University of London. She worked at Sotheby's and Bonhams where she specialised in old master paintings before starting her writing career as a columnist for House & Garden and an editor for Reed Books. She lives in a medieval barn in Dorset.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780553506921
ISBN-10: 0553506927
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gleeson, Janet
Hersteller: Bantam
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 127 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Janet Gleeson
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.1999
Gewicht: 0,343 kg
Artikel-ID: 121435958
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