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Wild Alchemy is a culinary and medicinal bible that brings together traditional alchemical practices with plant lore. Alchemy is the ancient art of transforming nature for the benefit of body, mind and soul. This book is an invitation to connect back to ourselves, and rediscover how our ancestors lived in harmony with the seasons by foraging for food and medicine. Through illustrated botanical and astrological guides and practical recipes, Wild Alchemy takes the reader on a journey of enquiry to become alchemists in our daily lives.

‘Du Maurier is mistress of the sleight of hand in fiction . . . brilliantly, marvellously chilling’ MAGGIE O’FARRELL

‘I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn . . . ‘

Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his cousin Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in making Philip his heir, knowing he will treasure his beautiful Cornish estate. But Philip’s world is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he falls in love and marries. Then he suddenly dies in suspicious circumstances.

In almost no time at all, the new widow – Philip’s cousin Rachel – turns up in England. Despite himself, Philip is drawn to this beautiful, sophisticated, mysterious woman like a moth to the flame. And yet . . . might she have had a hand in Ambrose’s death?

Du Maurier is a storyteller whose sole aim is to bewitch and beguile’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Du Maurier has no equal’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH