The first story in the gripping Deptford Histories trilogy. It is the winter of 1664 and young Will Godwin, an alchymist's assistant, chances upon a mother cat and her three new-born kittens in a London churchyard. Taking pity on the freezing family, Will carries them back to his master's apothecary shop. And there, among the bubbling bottles and evil-smelling jars in Dr. Spittle's laboratory, unfolds an extraordinary tale of sorcery, disease, villainy and murder.
This is Book 1 in the The Deptford Histories Series. See all The Deptford Histories books here.
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Robin Jarvis started writing in 1988 and quickly became a bestselling author with his Deptford Mice and Whitby Witches series. Before becoming an author, Robin was a model maker for TV and films.
He has been shortlisted for the Carnegie and Smarties Awards, and won the Lancashire Libraries Book of the Year Award. He lives and works in Greenwich, London.
