On the last night of 1599 the alchemist Dr Lamb completes an elixir of life, and a young man named Auriol Darcy drinks it. Two centuries on, in a ruined house by the Vauxhall Road, among dog-fanciers, tinkers and an iron-merchant’s daughter, a ghostly hand and a pact with dark powers pursue him through London.
An atmospheric Gothic romance, illustrated by Phiz, for readers who enjoy Victorian occult melodrama. Download the free EPUB.