Book description
An evil Magus is intent on turning London into gold. Only a boy and his
quick wits stand between the Magus and his goal Jeanette Winterson at
her most inventive, lyrical, imaginative and brilliant Jack is the
chosen one, the Radiant Boy the Magus needs in order to perfect the
alchemy that will transform London of the 1600s into a golden city. But
Jack isn t the kind of boy who will do what he is told by an evil
genius, and he is soon involved in an epic and nail-biting adventure,
featuring dragons, knights and Queen Elizabeth I, as he battles to save
London. An evil Magus is intent on turning London into gold. Only a
boy and his quick wits stand between the Magus and his goal Jeanette
Winterson at her most inventive, lyrical, imaginative and brilliant Jack
is the chosen one, the Radiant Boy the Magus needs in order to perfect
the alchemy that will transform London of the 1600s into a golden city.
But Jack isn t the kind of boy who will do what he is told by an evil
genius, and he is soon involved in an epic and nail-biting adventure,
featuring dragons, knights and Queen Elizabeth I, as he battles to save
London.
