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<p>In this account religious scientists such as Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle rub shoulders with honest obsessives and conscious frauds in a fast-paced narrative which demonstrates just how mistaken is the generally accepted view of alchemy, and how much more fascinating and engaging is its genuine history.</p>

The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / P.G. Maxwell-Stuart.

<p>The history of a dangerous profession, exploring witches throughout the British Isles: who they were, their magic, and why people employed them but also tried to suppress them.</p>

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Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.

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The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / P.G. Maxwell-Stuart.

The British witch : the biography / P.G. Maxwell-Stuart.

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Maxwell-Stuart, P. G.

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The chemical choir : a history of alchemy / P.G. Maxwell-Stuart.

The British witch : the biography / P.G. Maxwell-Stuart.

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