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Fate
by
L.R. Fredericks (Goodreads Author)
Death and Beauty, Magic and Science: Lord Francis Damory’s Quest for the Elixir of Immortality
In the brothels and debtors’ prisons of Georgian London and the gilded salons of the Ancien Règime...
Through love affairs and deadly duels, among courtesans and castrati, alchemists and anatomists, visionaries, monsters, charlatans and spies...
From Paris to Venice and across the...more
In the brothels and debtors’ prisons of Georgian London and the gilded salons of the Ancien Règime...
Through love affairs and deadly duels, among courtesans and castrati, alchemists and anatomists, visionaries, monsters, charlatans and spies...
From Paris to Venice and across the...more
Hardcover
Published
July 5th 2012
by John Murray Publishers Ltd
(first published July 1st 2012)
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I hate giving up on books when I've paid full price for them and bought them on (more or less) the day of release. I wasn't a huge fan of the author's previous novel, Farundell, but there were enough good things about it to make me interested in what she would write next. As soon as I saw the beautiful cover of this sequel (prequel?), as well as the intriguing tagline 'death and beauty... magic and science', I was sold. Fate, it turns out, is set in the same world as Fredericks' debut, but takes...more
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My review of Frederick's first novel in the Time and Light series, Farundell, ended by suggesting, `it'll be interesting to see what Fredericks comes up with next'. Well, now I know. Having been less than wildly enamoured of her first effort I took this Amazon Vine choice almost reluctantly and with no great expectations. I have to say that reading it has been a joy and now, somewhat ironically, I await the third instalment with a certain degree of trepidation as, almost inevitably, it will not...more
"'Thesaurum non aurum intra celatum.' A treasure not gold is hidden within."
I really, really, really loved L.R. Fredericks's debut novel Farundell . I loved it so much that I pre-ordered Fate, the next book in her Time and Light series, months before its release and did a giddy little dance (in the privacy of my own home, natch) when it arrived last July. And then I set it on my bedside table, admiring the cover art, and waited for the mood to be right.
[...]
So December rolled around and Fate cau...more
I really, really, really loved L.R. Fredericks's debut novel Farundell . I loved it so much that I pre-ordered Fate, the next book in her Time and Light series, months before its release and did a giddy little dance (in the privacy of my own home, natch) when it arrived last July. And then I set it on my bedside table, admiring the cover art, and waited for the mood to be right.
[...]
So December rolled around and Fate cau...more
*REVIEWED FOR PUBLISHER*
If you enjoy elegant characters in an eloquently told tale of mystery, magic and timelessness, then this is the novel for you!
The pace is necessarily slow and reflective, yet the plot unfurls in a deceptively swift manner, so that one never feels bogged down or sluggish. The characters are at once mysterious, complex and simple, which helps ground this fantastic tale with a sense of realism, and the blend of magic and science in the setting of the 1700s makes for a sensat...more
If you enjoy elegant characters in an eloquently told tale of mystery, magic and timelessness, then this is the novel for you!
The pace is necessarily slow and reflective, yet the plot unfurls in a deceptively swift manner, so that one never feels bogged down or sluggish. The characters are at once mysterious, complex and simple, which helps ground this fantastic tale with a sense of realism, and the blend of magic and science in the setting of the 1700s makes for a sensat...more
Time Taken To Read - dipped in and out for over a week
Blurb From Goodreads
London 1717: on the day of his seventeenth birthday, Lord Francis Damory stumbles upon a book - a family heirloom - that will change the course of his life, linking him to the mysterious great-great grandfather Tobias, an alchemist who may yet still be alive... So begins Damory's quest for the elixir of immortality:fro the gilded salons of decadent nobility to the brothels and debtors' prisons of Georgian London; across th...more
Blurb From Goodreads
London 1717: on the day of his seventeenth birthday, Lord Francis Damory stumbles upon a book - a family heirloom - that will change the course of his life, linking him to the mysterious great-great grandfather Tobias, an alchemist who may yet still be alive... So begins Damory's quest for the elixir of immortality:fro the gilded salons of decadent nobility to the brothels and debtors' prisons of Georgian London; across th...more
Nov 08, 2012
Kell
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If you enjoy elegant characters in an eloquently told tale of mystery, magic and timelessness, then this is the novel for you!
The pace is necessarily slow and reflective, yet the plot unfurls in a deceptively swift manner, so that one never feels bogged down or sluggish. The characters are at once mysterious, complex and simple, which helps ground this fantastic tale with a sense of realism, and the blend of magic and science in the setting of the 1700s makes for a sensationally engrossing read...more
The pace is necessarily slow and reflective, yet the plot unfurls in a deceptively swift manner, so that one never feels bogged down or sluggish. The characters are at once mysterious, complex and simple, which helps ground this fantastic tale with a sense of realism, and the blend of magic and science in the setting of the 1700s makes for a sensationally engrossing read...more
For a person that Loves mystical and magical books, this book hit the spot. It engaged me so much at the beginning telling me of the way that Fate brought about what he would become at the end of the book. It talks of a magical potion that can grant eternal life.
I must give one bit of advice if you will read this book though, stick with it through the middle section. It does get a little tedious but it is worth it more towards the end of the book.
I recommend this book to anyone that has an inter...more
I must give one bit of advice if you will read this book though, stick with it through the middle section. It does get a little tedious but it is worth it more towards the end of the book.
I recommend this book to anyone that has an inter...more
Cant wait for her next book. Read it in about four days. Quiet different from Farrundell, the author waw transformed to an other narrator.
4.5 stars actually...
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L.R. Fredericks’ New Jersey childhood was rural and idyllic, if somewhat unconventional. Raised by parents of European background and Bohemian disposition, she was educated at Quaker schools and later earned a degree from the University of Chicago, where she worked interdepartmentally on myth, poetry and shamanism. She frittered away her youth in frivolous pursuits - modelling, acting, performance...more
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