| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 207 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wisdom, Gregory, -1599.
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Westmorland, Henry Neville, Earl of, 1524 or 1525-1564.
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| SUBJECT |
Wisdom, Gregory, -1599 fast |
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Swindlers and swindling -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Magic -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Conspiracies -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Crime -- England -- London -- History -- 16th century
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TRUE CRIME -- Hoaxes & Deceptions.
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Conspiracies
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Crime
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Magic
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Social conditions
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Swindlers and swindling
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England -- Social conditions -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043313
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Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056776
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England
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England -- London
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0191552046 |
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9780191552045 |
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1281975702 |
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9781281975706 |
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