The Alchemist's Dream John Wilson Finalist for the 2007 Governor General’s Literary Award (Children’s Text) From the Jury: In this engrossing historical adventure, John Wilson paints a vivid picture of a bygone era involving Henry Hudson’s fateful search for the elusive Northwest Passage, an alchemist, mysterious passengers, and enigmatic maps. The Alchemist’s Dream fascinates from start to finish. In the fall of 1669, the Nonsuch returns to London with a load of fur from Hudson Bay. It brings something else, too--the lost journal from Henry Hudson’s tragic search for a passage to Cathay in 1611. In the hands of a greedy sailor, the journal is merely an object to sell. But for Robert Bylot--a once-great maritime explorer--the book is a painful reminder of a past he’d rather forget. As Bylot relives his memories of a plague-ridden city, of the mysterious alchemist John Dee, and of mutiny in the frozen wastes of Hudson Bay, an age-old mystery is both revealed and solved. Set against the thrilling backdrop of the quest for the Northwest Passage, The Alchemist’s Dream is a riveting tale of exploration, ambition, and betrayal.

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Other Books by Sam Benvie

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101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada A Hot Eyed Moderate Alzheimer's Disease Arctic Visions Blue Thunder Bulbs And Tubers Critical Injuries Encyclopedia of North American Trees Encyclopedia of Trees Get Smarter Gordon Ramsay Three-star Chef Handywoman's Workbook High Latitudes Hockey Night in Canada: My Greatest Day How to Live Like a Gentleman I Have Lived Here Since the World Began In Quest Of Big Fish Migraine Napoleon's Everyday Gourmet Grilling Nova Scotia Cooking Photography and Art of Seeing Photography and the Art of Seeing Photography for the Joy of It Photography For The Joy Of It Photography For the Joy of It Seals In The Wild Song of the Paddle Song Of The Paddle Song of the Paddle Stonehook Schooner The Alchemist's Dream The Complete Canadian Health Guide The Freak The Holocaust In History The Manitous The Manitous The Proof that Ghosts Exist The Remains of the Day The Royal Woods Toddlers Gone Wild Tulips Tulips And Bulbs Assort 10cpp Alligator Pie Changes In You and Me Coyote's New Suit Story of Canada The Story Of Canada Hunchback Of Notre Dame Ottawa and the National Capital Region JOHN WILSON, an ex-geologist and frustrated historian, is the award-winning author of twelve historical fictions, most recently Four Steps to Death, Flames of The Tiger, And in the Morning, and Where Soldiers Lie. He has also authored five non-fiction books for young adults, including a biography of John Rae (Discovering the Arctic) and a book about the geology of Canada (Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents), a novel for adults (North with Franklin), over thirty poems, and hundreds of freelance articles. He lives and writes in Lantzville on Vancouver Island.


Other Books by John Wilson

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And in the Morning Crusade Crusade Dancing Elephants Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents Germania Ghost Mountains and Vanishing Oceans Grail Lost in Spain Lost in Spain The Alchemist's Dream The Alchemist's Dream Where Soldiers Lie Where Soldiers Lie