The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story by Janet Gleeson

The Arcanum: The Extraordinary True Story

Janet Gleeson

336 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction art history science adventurous informative medium-paced

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The #1 bestseller in England tells the story of the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula to 18th-century Europe's most precious commodity -- fine porcelain.

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