A SECRET ALCHEMY

Book ID/图书代码： 06140508B25899

English Summary/英文概要： In a brilliant feat of historical daring, Emma Darwin has recreated the terrible, exhilarating world of the two youngest victims of the War of the Roses: the power struggles and passion that lay behind their birth, the danger into which they fell, the profoundly moving days before their imprisonment, and the ultimate betrayal of their innocence.

In A Secret Alchemy, three voices speak: that of Elizabeth Woodville, the beautiful widow of King Edward IV; of her brother Anthony, surrogate father to the doomed Prince Edward and his brother Dickon; and that of present-day historian Una Pryor. Orphaned, and herself brought up in a family where secrets and rivalries threaten her world, Una’s experience of tragedy, betrayal and lost love help her unlock the long-buried secrets that led to the princes’ deaths.

Weaving their stories together, Emma Darwin brilliantly evokes how the violence and glamour of past ages live on within our present.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 五百年來一段神秘且殘忍嚴酷的歷史
兩位王子先後被謀殺、位高權重王后的背叛、一個願意慷慨就義付出生命的貴族
Emma Darwin以她的專業及興趣，述說這段關於玫瑰戰爭下的兩位年輕受害者
(此內戰源由是蘭卡斯特家族以紅薔薇為旗幟，約克家族以白薔薇為旗幟，為了爭奪繼承王權所稱作的紅白薔薇戰爭，也稱玫瑰戰爭-即是亨利·都鐸結束此長達多年的英國內戰，後來才有所建立的都鐸王朝。)
故事圍繞著三個主要角色，約克家族的伊麗莎白·伍德維爾(Elizabeth Woodville)(愛德華四世1464年秘密和她結婚)、安東尼·伍德維爾和之後的歷史學家Una Pryor。
Una從小就是孤兒，她由人領養並秘密隱藏在此家族之中，長大後的她發現自己身世的悲劇，被人背叛、失去親情與愛情，她開始挖掘並要解開這段被隱藏的過去秘密，且要揭發王子之死的原因。(CL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Emma Darwin was born in 1964 and brought up in London, Manhattan and Brussels. Her first novel, The Mathematics of Love, was widely acclaimed; A Secret Alchemy is her second.
She is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
Emma Darwin was born in 1964 and brought up in London, Manhattan and Brussels. Her first novel, The Mathematics of Love, was widely acclaimed; A Secret Alchemy is her second.
She is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
Emma Darwin 進化論之父達爾文後裔
本書作者Emma Darwin 看到此姓氏會聯想到那一位有名的科學家? 是的!她就是進化論之父達爾文(Charles Darwin)的後裔。1964年出生的她，家中排行第二，在倫敦長大。母親教授英文，父親是律師。因為父親工作的關係，她們一家人必須在紐約、倫敦和布魯塞爾移居。Emma Darwin從小就愛聽父母親說故事，諸如希臘神話故事、莎士比亞和珍奧斯汀，加上兒時移居各地及父母的薰陶，使得她特別對歷史文學情有獨鐘。她所出版的第一本書《The Mathematics of Love》，故事背景即是設定在布魯塞爾。
Emma長大後於伯明罕大學(University of Birmingham)研讀戲劇藝術和至格拉摩根大學(University of Glamorgan)研修寫作，進而更奠定她寫作劇本和歷史故事的功力，第一本書《The Mathematics of Love》的源由即是她的研究論文，而受到出版商的注意。目前此書已售出美國、法國、西班牙、葡萄牙、俄羅斯、波蘭、塞爾維亞和希臘，08年的第二本書《A Secret Alchemy》，已受到各界高度讚揚。作者網址http://www.emmadarwin.com/index.htm，(以下另有《The Mathematics of Love》書訊)

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