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For fans of The Pillars of the Earth and The Name of the Rose 1372: Master Jean arrives in Lisbon an exile: a brilliant French clockmaker fleeing a war and a love who chose security over dreams. Now known as João, he accepts a commission from King Ferdinand to build Portugal's first mechanical clock-a chance to master time, since he cannot control fate. But as the gears take shape beneath the Lisbon Cathedral, João discovers complexities that reach beyond bronze and iron. Isabel, the stonemason's daughter, sees past his genius to the wounded man beneath. And when he uncovers a dark conspiracy to silence the clock-one tied to secrets older than the Kingdom itself-João realizes the mechanism he is building has become a symbol worth killing for.

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""Forget the simple story of a clock. This is the story of the moment humanity claimed time for itself, taking its cyclical, celestial rhythm and forging it into an instrument of power. 'The Time Alchemist of Lisbon' masterfully portrays this profound shift, as time becomes less a guide and more a commander. With breathtaking passion, the author dramatizes a revolution perhaps more significant than the industrial one, making us feel the profound weight of each passing second. An urgent, brilliant work of historical and philosophical fiction."" Maria S.

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N.M. Ferreira loves studying forgotten arts-from medieval clockmaking to the lost art of manuscript illumination. Drawn to stories where precision and passion collide, Ferreira writes historical fiction that questions how we measure what truly matters: time, love, loyalty, and faith.The Time Alchemist of Lisbon grew out of extensive research into historical documents, Portuguese monasteries, and a simple question: If you could master time, would you still need to control your heart?Ferreira believes that the best historical fiction makes the past feel dangerously present.

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