Title : The City of Spells - Suyin Han - book

Summary :

Their father makes automatons, their mother is said to be a witch. Béa and Colin are twins, bound to each other by a strange and indestructible love. The year is 1752, not far from Lausanne. Tragic events force them to take refuge in Geneva, with a Jewish banker. There they meet Abdul Reza, a wealthy Muslim prince who takes them to China where Colin can perfect the art of automatons he inherited from his father. As for his sister Béa, who has inherited her mother's mysterious gifts, her beauty wreaks havoc. Forced to flee once again, Colin and Béa find themselves in Ayuthia, the former capital of Siam. It is in this legendary city with its gold-covered temples, where the king lives surrounded by his seven hundred concubines, and which is nevertheless threatened by invaders from Burma, that Colin and Béa will experience love, hate, and violence: an extraordinary destiny. The City of Spells: a true novel of adventure and love.

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