The Alchymist's Cat
core novel 1991 The Deptford Mice
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.98 (973 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780750008891 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The first book of the Deptford Histories, a prequel trilogy to the Deptford Mice, set in London in 1664 and telling the backstory of the original trilogy's main antagonist, Jupiter. An orange tabby cat named Imelza encounters a black cat she comes to call Master Midnight, while the alchemist Spittle chooses Jupiter, a strong and healthy ginger tabby, and trains him in the magic arts, until Jupiter and the cat Leech battle over who is heir to the black arts. Published in the United States as The Alchemist's Cat.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Deptford Mice
- Series: The Deptford Histories core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robin Jarvis
Notes
- Published in the United States (Chronicle Books, 2004) as The Alchemist's Cat.
- From the series record (The Deptford Histories): Prequels to The Deptford Mice.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Deptford Histories: position 1 of 3: next The Oaken Throne (1993)
- Internal chronology, within The Deptford Mice: position 2 of 6: previous The Dark Portal (1989) · next The Crystal Prison (1989)
Sources
← The Deptford Mice dossier · All universes
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