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The lost apothecary, a novel, Sarah Penner

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The lost apothecary, a novel, Sarah Penner
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The lost apothecary
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Responsibility statement
Sarah Penner
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries
Target audience
adult
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