From The Sunday Canberra Times, 4 April 2010
The possibility of harmony between people of different backgrounds and beliefs is presented as a flickering ideal in this historical novel set in the 11th and 20th centuries. In 1938 a hostage held by a reckless revolutionary group discovers an ancient book written by Samuel, a medieval alchemist. Samuel’s erudite and idiosyncratic writing about friendship, creativity and war has an extraordinary relevance to the hostage’s situation. This carefully researched novel quickens in pace and interest as it proceeds. It also offers worthwhile insights into love and idealism in all periods of history.
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