Adam Williams

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Writer, speaker, businessman and novelist Adam Williams is the author of three acclaimed historical novels – The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure, The Emperor’s Bones and The Dragon’s Tail.

Twenty years a businessman and banker in Beijing, he is the fourth generation of his family to be living and working in China.

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Adam’s new novel The Book of the Alchemist is out NOW!

The Book of the Alchemist

The Book of the Alchemist by Adam Williams

A Quest for Love and Freedom in War-torn Andalucía

Al Andaluz, 1077

In the haven of tolerance that is Southern Spain, an alchemist, a mason and a prince construct a monument to astonish the world.

Andalucía, 1938

The Spanish Civil War is struggling to a close. A group of desperate Republican soldiers have kidnapped a former government minister and his grandson, and are holding hostages in a cathedral.

The discovery of an ancient book means nothing to the soldiers. But to the hostages, it could offer them their only escape.

Connecting two ideologically-torn worlds a thousand years apart, Adam Williams’ new novel is another masterful adventure and a moving portrayal of love and friendship.

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