The Alchymist's Cat
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| Author | Robin Jarvis |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Deptford Histories |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Hodder Wayland |
| Released | 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7500-0889-X |
The Alchemist's Cat (The Alchymist's Cat in the original British version) is the first book in the Deptford Histories series by Robin Jarvis. It was published in 1991. It is a fantasy book set in 1660s London and provides background material for Jarvis' earlier Deptford Mice series. The book shows the beginning of Jupiter and his family.
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Will Godwin, a young boy, is forced to work for the evil apocathary Dr Elias Theophrastus Spittle after Spittle frames him for a murder. Following a close call, he finds a family of cats in a graveyard and brings them back to Spittle's home. The mother cat, as it seems, is named Imelza. Soon after, Will persuades Spittle to take one of them as a familiar. The kittens are thereafter named Jupiter, Dab and Leech. Jupiter is trained in the magic arts, while his brother Leech is despised by Spittle. Envious, Leech begins to plot the downfall of his brother, Jupiter.
The book gradually weaves both storylines together. It mentions the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London.
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| The Deptford Mice | |
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| Books | The Dark Portal | The Crystal Prison | The Final Reckoning | The Alchemist's Cat | The Oaken Throne | Thomas | Fleabee's Fortune | Whortle's Hope | Ogmund's Gift | The Deptford Mice Almanack |
| Characters | Audrey Brown | Arthur Brown | Piccadilly | Oswald Chitter | William Scuttle (Twit) | Albert Brown | Gwen Brown | Thomas Triton | The Starwife | Jupiter | Madame Akkikuyu | Morgan | Skinner | Finn | Orfeo | Eldritch | Dab | Imelza | William Godwin | Elias Theophrastus Spittle | Magnus Zachaire | Ysabelle | Vespertilio | Wendel Maculatum | Morwenna | Woodget Pipple | Simoon | Dahrem Rohar | Fleabee |
