The Time Travelling Cat and the Philosophers StoneSeptember 22, 2007 8 out of 8 found this review helpful
My older kids were fascinated by this story which they read in class when doing the Tudors. They thought the Philosophers Stone was an invention of JKR. They learned that people once really believed in it. In this exciting story - I found it gripping - Topher and Ka, the time-travelling cat, get involved when Queen Elizabeth I orders one of her advisers, scientist and magician Dr Dee, to find the Philosophers Stone - because she wants to know how to turn base metal into gold and to live for ever. It would solve her two main problems - the succession and shortage of money. I'm impressed. Jarman puts the story into his-story. I gather this is a series. I'm going to order the set.
