The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain - Softcover

Gleeson, Janet

 
9780553506921: The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story of the Invention of European Porcelain
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0553506927 ISBN 13: 9780553506921
Verlag: Bantam, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. 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.

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Verlag
Bantam
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0553506927
ISBN 13 
9780553506921
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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