The Notorious Astrological Physician of London: Works and Days of Simon Forman

The Notorious Astrological Physician of London: Works and Days of Simon Forman

by Barbara Traister (Author)

Synopsis

Sex fiend, murderer - Simon Forman was called these things ever since he was implicated in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But, as this work shows, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts paint a quite different picture of the works of this notorious physician.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 05 Feb 2001

ISBN 10: 0226811409
ISBN 13: 9780226811406

Author Bio
Barbara Howard Traister is a professor of English at Lehigh University. She is the author of Heavenly Necromancers: The Magician in Early Renaissance Drama.