Alchemy Under the Hood
Joe Stadolnik reviews Jennifer M. Rampling's history of alchemy, "The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700."
Joe Stadolnik reviews Jennifer M. Rampling's history of alchemy, "The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700."
Marion Turner's "Chaucer: A European Life" depicts the poet’s life in vivid detail, yet it tries too hard to accommodate Chaucer to our own century.