Oppel, Kenneth, 1967-

This dark endeavor : the apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein / Kenneth Oppel. - 1st Canadian ed. - Toronto : HarperCollins, c2011. - 297 p. ; 23 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9781554683390

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Alchemy--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Geneva (Republic)--History--18th century--Fiction.