Orsini Family-owned Arabic and Persian alchemist texts contained several amazing recipes for cordials that were used at the famous Caffe Florian in Venice - where major luminaries of art and literature and culture were regular patrons. You can read about all of this here, and gain access to these remarkable recipes, which not only were used as teas and tisanes, but often used together with champagnes and liqueurs and spirits to intoxicate, and/or elevate the mood and in come cases even create mind altered states. This the actual source and origin of the backstory to 'the Name of the Rose' narrative, with the Arabic alchemists seeking to expand on known but highly secretive Persian magical inks.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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