Dr Simon Forman: A Most Notorious Physician

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2001
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Charismatic and ambitious, Simon Forman rose from a poor upbringing in Wiltshire to become one of the wealthiest doctors in London. This account of his life sees him denounced as a quack and an astrologer who used black magic. It covers his private life through deciphering his intimate coded diary.

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Charismatic and ambitious, Simon Forman rose from a poor upbringing in Wiltshire to become one of the wealthiest doctors in London. This account of his life sees him denounced as a quack and an astrologer who used black magic. It covers his private life through deciphering his intimate coded diary.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 18 Jan 2001
ISBN 10: 0701168994
ISBN 13: 9780701168995
Book Overview: Frst full biography of Forman - one of the most extraordinary and colourful personalities of the Elizabethan age. Brilliant account of contemporary medicine, and a vivid window on the lives of Elizabethan Londoners, from merchant adventurers and countesses, to innkeepers , market traders and whores.

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