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Two murdered princes; a powerful queen betrayed; a nobleman riding towards his certain death…

Praise for A SECRET ALCHEMY:

‘There is historical fiction and there is historical fiction…it takes real skill and devotion to bring characters blurred by the passage of time into focus, to breathe real life into them…Emma Darwin has managed such sorcery.’
The Times

‘Powerful and utterly convincing’
Daily Mail

‘A spellbinding novel’
Woman and Home

‘A detailed and fascinating historical novel... a real winner for any fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir and their ilk’
Waterstones Books Quarterly

Praise for Emma Darwin's debut novel, THE MATHEMATICS OF LOVE:

'This is that rare thing, a book that works on every conceivable level... an uncommonly good read... Remarkable'
The Times

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