The Last True Englishman
Hidden in a monastery cellar, the coded diaries of Lord Boyle reveal a history England was never meant to read.
“He was always the same on the night of a full moon.”
About the Author
William James Joseph Cartwright writes historical fantasy for readers who love old secrets, where science, faith and magic are still learning to speak to one another.
In The Alchemists Legacy: The Last True Englishman, he follows young Robbie Boyle from the halls of Lismore Castle into a hidden world of natural philosophers, spies and coded diaries. It is a story about courage, family and the price of knowledge.
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Candlelight, old books and the art of natural magic.
Every corridor hides a door to somewhere else.
Music, magic and dance beneath the chandeliers.
About the Book
On nights of the full moon, the first Earl of Cork stares through the walls of Lismore Castle and speaks to things no one else can see. His youngest son, Robbie Boyle, has learned to watch in silence, and he is beginning to understand what his father’s great work will cost.
With his brother Francis and a wandering tutor named Isaac Marcombes, Robbie flees across Europe, from the walls of Geneva to a hidden Collegiate of scholars whose experiments are a Papal secret. Among alchemy, natural magic, spies and assassins, he must learn whether the gift in his blood is a blessing or a curse.
Recovered from the secret cellar of Mungret monastery, the coded diaries of Lord Boyle, set in order by Professor Samuel Cornelius Mandrake, September 1842.
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