First edition (UK)
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Author | Lindsay Clarke |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Magical realism, Romance, Occult |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape, Ltd. (London) |
Publication date
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1989 |
Media type | Hardcover |
Pages | 536 pp (Hardback edition) |
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823.914 dc20 | |
LC Class | PR6053.L3295C47 1989 89-45304 |
The Chymical Wedding is a 1989 novel by Lindsay Clarke about the intertwined lives of six people in two different eras. Inspired by the life of Mary Anne Atwood, the book includes themes of alchemy, the occult, fate, passion, and obsession. It won the Whitbread Prize for fiction in 1989.