{"product_id":"the-queens-conjuror-9780006552024","title":"The Queens Conjuror","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror  the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (15271608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next Longitude'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Fresh and original…Woolley thinks and writes beautifully. This is a distinguished and rather brilliant book – it’s also a rattling good story.’ Lisa Jardine\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘A fascinating, brilliant account of the Renaissance world picture…’ Kathryn Hughes, New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘Woolley handsomely captures a society torn between rationality and romance, cynicism and hero worship.’ New Scientist\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘An informative and enlightening book. It offers concise and lucid explanations of Dee’s more abstruse and arcane theories. And it is immensely enjoyable, its narrative exciting and inexorable. I have not read as stimulating a study of the Elizabethan period since Charles Nicholl’s book on Marlowe, “The Reckoning”.’ Thomas Wright, Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003ePraise for ‘The Herbalist’:\u003c\/p\u003e           \u003cp\u003e‘The research is superb – rich, detailed, and original – and the lives Benjamin Woolley describes are as passionate as the great events of the English Civil War around which they orbit.’ Adam Nicolson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48863796560215,"sku":"9780006552024","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780006552024.jpg?v=1722269063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-queens-conjuror-9780006552024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}