This novel is a marvelous discovery." -Javier Sierra, " The Book of Lost Fragrances resonates with spirit, blending myth with reality, tragedy with triumph, pain with joy. The way Rose uses perfume's evocative power is both intelligent and intriguing - triggering her characters memories of their current lives as well as memories of their past lives. " The Book of Lost Fragrances is one of those rare novels that reminds us of the beauty and enormous complexity of the human soul. Fiery and lush, set against deep, wild forests and dimly lit chateaus, The Collector of Dying Breaths illuminates the true path to immortality: the legacies we leave behind. This mesmerizing gothic tale zigzags from the violent days of Catherine de Medici's court to twenty-first-century France. for which she believes the ends will justify her deadly means. Together they confront an eccentric heiress in possession of a world-class art collection, a woman who has her own dark purpose for the elixir. Jac's efforts put her in the path of her estranged lover, Griffin North, a linguist who has already begun translating René le Florentin's mysterious formula. She becomesobsessed with René le Florentin's work-particularly when she discovers the dying breaths he had collected during his lifetime. Paris, France-The Present: A renowned mythologist, Jac L'Etoile-trying to recover from personal heartache by throwing herself into her work-learns of the sixteenth-century perfumer who may have been working on an elixir that would unlock the secret to immortality. But while mixing herbs and essences under the light of flickering candles, René doesn't begin to imagine the tragic and personal consequences for which his lethal potions will be responsible.
In France, René becomes not only the greatest perfumer in the country, but also the most dangerous, creating deadly poisons for his Queen to use against her rivals. Traveling with the young duchessina from Italy to France, René brings with him a cache of secret documents from the monastery where he was trained: recipes for exotic fragrances and potent medicines-and a formula for an alchemic process said to have the potential to reanimate the dead.
From the internationally bestselling author, a lush and imaginative novel that crisscrosses time as passion and obsessions collide Florence, Italy-1533: An orphan named René le Florentin is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medici's perfumer. A lush and imaginative novel that crisscrosses time as a perfumer and a mythologist search for the fine line between potion and poison, poison and passion.and past and present.
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