The Secret of the World

by Robin Chapman

A novel of seventeenth-century love and alchemy in the Old World and the New. Enoch, Sal and Rusty are an unholy trinity who set up premises in Pudding Wharf. Enoch carries on his alchemical practices in his laboratory, while Sal and Rusty engage in more corporeal pursuits in their brothel next door. But things take a disastrous turn for the worse, and suddenly it's every villain for himself.

311 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997