Tom may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to jazz age Paris Tom has seen a lot, and now craves an ordinary life. Working as a teacher at a London school he teaches the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he'd never witnessed them first-hand. He can try and tame the past, but the only thing Tom mustn't do is fall in love. New edition - from the bestselling author of "The Midnight Library".