The House of Doctor Dee

by PeterAckroyd (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.96

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $4.04

  This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past.