Title: The Alchymist's Cat (Deptford Histories)
Description: It is the winter of 1664 and young Will Godwin, an alchymist's assistant, chances upon a mother cat and her three new-born kittens in a London churchyard.

Taking pity on the freezing family, Will carries them back to his master's apothecary shop. And there, among the bubbling bottles and evil-smelling jars in Dr. Spittle's laboratory, unfolds an extraordinary tale of sorcery, villainy and murder...
Subjects: Cats, Juvenile fiction, Alchemy
Places: London
Time periods: 1664-1666