| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHRONOLOGY; FOREWORD; 1. The Nobleman; 2. The Physician; 3. The Underworld; 4. The Magician; 5. The Preacher; Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates; Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's Will; NOTES; PHOTOGRAPHIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX. |
| Summary |
A lively history set in sixteenth-century England, detailing the hitherto unknown case of an extraordinary physician, magician, and con-man named Gregory Wisdom - and the London underworld to which he belonged. - ;An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. This is the world of Gregory Wisdom, a physician, magician, and consummate con-man at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wisdom, Gregory, -1599.
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Wisdom, Gregory, -1599. |
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Westmorland, Henry Neville, Earl of, 1524 or 1525-1564.
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Wisdom, Gregory, -1599. |
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Westmorland, Henry Neville, 1524 or 1525-1564 Earl of. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ryrie, Alec. Sorcerer's tale. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008024477 |
| ISBN |
0191552046 (electronic book) |
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9780191552045 (electronic book) |
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1281975702 |
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9781281975706 |
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0199229961 (Cloth) |
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9780199229963 |
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9780199570904 (paperback) |
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0199570906 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786611975708 |
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