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Rebecca Stott's captivating prose draws the reader into the story, just as the ghostwriter claims to have "walked on in" to deliver the narrative. In the present, Elizabeth, a 17th century Renaissance scholar, is discovering Isaac Newton's interests in alchemy, and his participation with secret codes and ancient, secret societies. She mysteriously drowns, while caught up in Isaac Newton 1660's Cambridge. Her son asks his ex-lover, Lydia, herself a writer and friend of Elizabeth's, to live in his mother's home in Cambridge, named The Studio, and to finish his mother's book on Newton's alchemy.
The untangling of Elizabeth's book and her death gets all tangled up for Lydia, as a quote found inside this wonderful book suggests, "for this continual vanishing away, that strange, perpetual weaving and reweaving of ourselves."
This is an irresistable page turner! I would finish it in one sitting, but that would be rushing through a thought-provoking read.
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I visit the fabulous Gubbio Studiolo at The Met every time I am there. I love sharing it's wonder with friends. Since it isn't in Italy, it can be appreciated by so many more people who visit the museum. Learning about it's history is awesome!
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Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
Queeney, February 1, 2010
Rebecca Stott's captivating prose draws the reader into the story, just as the ghostwriter claims to have "walked on in" to deliver the narrative. In the present, Elizabeth, a 17th century Renaissance scholar, is discovering Isaac Newton's interests in alchemy, and his participation with secret codes and ancient, secret societies. She mysteriously drowns, while caught up in Isaac Newton 1660's Cambridge. Her son asks his ex-lover, Lydia, herself a writer and friend of Elizabeth's, to live in his mother's home in Cambridge, named The Studio, and to finish his mother's book on Newton's alchemy.The untangling of Elizabeth's book and her death gets all tangled up for Lydia, as a quote found inside this wonderful book suggests, "for this continual vanishing away, that strange, perpetual weaving and reweaving of ourselves."
This is an irresistable page turner! I would finish it in one sitting, but that would be rushing through a thought-provoking read.
(1 of 1 readers found this comment helpful)
The Gubbio Studiolo and Its Conservation: Volume 1: Federico Da Montefeltro's Palace at Gubbio and Its Studiolo/Volume 2: Italian Renaissance Intarsia by Olga Raggio
Queeney, May 24, 2009
I visit the fabulous Gubbio Studiolo at The Met every time I am there. I love sharing it's wonder with friends. Since it isn't in Italy, it can be appreciated by so many more people who visit the museum. Learning about it's history is awesome!(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)