The Alchemist's Door
"What an intriguing read this is! It is a substantial tale of angels and demons, fantasy and horror, set within a richly depicted historical milieu and fraught with an aura of foreboding that draws one in from the very first page."
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"Goldstein is exceedingly adept at this kind of fantasy. The Alchemist's Door gives her the opportunity to play with both history and myth, and the result is an exciting and wise novel."San Francisco Chronicle
"Like most of Goldstein's work, the story is complex yet surprisingly easy to follow. The characters are created with a masterful touch, and the description of the time and setting gives life and believability to this combination of history and fantasy."Rocky Mountain News
"Compulsively readable... an award-worthy novel"Washington Post
This much is true: That in the 1580s King Rudolf of the Holy Roman Empire summoned astrologers and alchemists and magicians from all over Europe to his capital in Prague. That Doctor John Dee, the famous Elizabethan student of the occult, was one of the men summoned, along with his associate Edward Kelley. That Rabbi Judah Loew, the man who is credited with creating the golem, an artificial being made of clay, was already living in the Jewish Quarter of the city.
It is not recorded that Dee and Loew ever met. But it is not recorded that they didn't....
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