This dark endeavor

Description:

When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

subjects: Alchemy,  Elixir of life,  Twins,  History,  Brothes,  Fiction,  Brothers,  Juvenile fiction,  Children's fiction,  Twins, fiction,  Switzerland, fiction,  Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character),  Cousins,  Frankenstein (Personnage fictif),  Teenagers,  Private libraries,  Canadian Fantasy fiction,  Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse,  Gothic fiction (Literary genre),  Siblings, fiction,  Frères,  Diseases,  Twin brothers,  Frankenstein (Fictitious character),  Alchimie,  Roman pour jeunes adultes,  Jumeaux

People: Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character)

Places: Geneva (Republic),  Geneva (Switzerland),  Europe

Times: 18th century