The book of the alchemist

By Adam Williams

Subjects: Missing persons, fiction, Grandparent and child, Religion, Religions, Kidnapping victims, Fiction, historical, general, Relations, Grandfathers, Interfaith relations, Fiction, Grandparents, fiction, Mosques, Spain, history, civil war, 1936-1939, fiction, Fiction, religious, History

Description: Eleventh-century Andaluz. While Europe slumbers in the dark ages, Southern Spain is a beacon of enlightenment that draws artists, scientists and philosophers of all faiths. In this haven of tolerance, three boys meet by chance under a fig tree on a hot summer's day. An alchemist, a mason and a prince, they establish a secret brotherhood that will construct a great monument to astonish the world.