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Title: The Collector of Dying Breaths
Subtitle: A Novel of Suspense
Author: M. J. Rose
Narrator: Natalie Ross, Phil Gigante
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-08-14
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 44 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From the internationally best-selling author, a lush and imaginative novel that crisscrosses time as passion and obsessions collide
Florence, Italy - 1533:
An orphan named René le Florentin is plucked from poverty to become Catherine de Medicis perfumer. Traveling with the young duchessina from Italy to France, René brings with him a cache of secret documents from the monastery where he was trained: recipes for exotic fragrances and potent medicines - and a formula for an alchemic process said to have the potential to reanimate the dead.
In France, René becomes not only the greatest perfumer in the country, but also the most dangerous, creating deadly poisons for his Queen to use against her rivals.
Paris, France - The Present:
A renowned mythologist, Jac LEtoile - trying to recover from personal heartache by throwing herself into her work - learns of the 16th-century perfumer who may have been working on an elixir that would unlock the secret to immortality. She becomes obsessed with René le Florentins work - particularly when she discovers the dying breaths he had collected during his lifetime.
Jacs efforts put her in the path of her estranged lover, Griffin North, a linguist who has already begun translating René le Florentins mysterious formula. Together they confront an eccentric heiress in possession of a world-class art collection, a woman who has her own dark purpose for the elixirfor which she believes the ends will justify her deadly means.
This mesmerizing gothic tale zigzags from the violent days of Catherine de Medicis court to 21st-century France. Fiery and lush, set against deep, wild forests and dimly lit chateaus, The Collector of Dying Breaths illuminates the true path to immortality: the legacies we leave behind.
