Pages: 320
4 out of 5 stars
Filled with atmospheric descriptions of Cambridge, past and present, of seventeenth-century glassmaking, alchemy, the Great Plague, and Newton’s scientific innovations, Ghostwalk centers around a real historical mystery that author, Rebecca Stott has uncovered involving Newton’s alchemy.
Lydia Brooke is asked to complete the biography of Isaac Newton after the original author is found drowned. The mother of a former lover, Lydia, is well acquainted with Elizabeth's writing and research methods and agrees to complete the manuscript. This leads Lydia down Elizabeth's path of obsession with the 17th century in Cambridge. She soon discovers that the present-day violence in Cambridge is linked to murders in Newton's time at Cambridge. She learns about a dangerous present day conspiracy and the danger of awakening ghosts of a past that wants to remain a secret.
