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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 tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ryrie, Alec
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Wisdom, Gregory, > -1599.
Westmorland, Henry Neville, > Earl of, > 1524 or 1525-1564.
Wisdom, Gregory, > -1599
1485-1603
Swindlers and swindling > England > History > 16th century.
Magic > England > History > 16th century.
Conspiracies > England > History > 16th century.
Crime > England > London > History > 16th century.
Conspiration > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
TRUE CRIME > Hoaxes & Deceptions.
Conspiracies
Crime
Magic
Social conditions
Swindlers and swindling
England > Social conditions > 16th century.
Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1485-1603 (Tudors)
England
England > London
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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