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The Queen's Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee

The Queen's Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee

Woolley, Benjamin

Paperback

Series: Science and Magic of Dr Dee

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresMedieval & Renaissance History

ISBN10: 0006552021
ISBN13: 9780006552024
Publisher: Flamingo
Published: Feb 14 2016
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.86
Height: 1.09 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror - the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next 'Longitude'.

John Dee was one of the most influential philosophers of the Elizabethan Age. A close confidant of Queen Elizabeth, he helped to introduce mathematics to England, promoted the idea of maths as the basis of science, anticipated the invention of the telescope, charted the New World, and created one of the most magnificent libraries in Europe. At the height of his fame, Dee was poised to become one of the greats of the Renaissance. Yet he died in poverty and obscurity - his crime was to dabble in magic.

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