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Podcast: Tales from Sniper's Rest
Episode: The Alchemist
Description: Book Summary;
The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death.
Words I had to look up in order to read this book;
- Machicolated; (in medieval fortifications) an opening between the supporting corbels of a projecting parapet or the vault of a...