02950nam 2200673Ia 450 991045426490332120200520144314.01-281-97570-297866119757080-19-155204-6(CKB)1000000000707482(EBL)415968(OCoLC)476246115(SSID)ssj0000248764(PQKBManifestationID)11238531(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248764(PQKBWorkID)10202252(PQKB)10253414(MiAaPQ)EBC415968(Au-PeEL)EBL415968(CaPaEBR)ebr10279230(CaONFJC)MIL197570(EXLCZ)99100000000070748220080603d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe sorcerer's tale[electronic resource] faith and fraud in Tudor England /Alec RyrieOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-957090-6 0-19-922996-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.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; 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, Swindlers and swindlingEnglandHistory16th centuryMagicEnglandHistory16th centuryConspiraciesEnglandHistory16th centuryCrimeEnglandLondonHistory16th centuryEnglandSocial conditions16th centuryGreat BritainHistoryTudors, 1485-1603Electronic books.Swindlers and swindlingHistoryMagicHistoryConspiraciesHistoryCrimeHistory364.163092942.05092Ryrie Alec850612MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454264903321The sorcerer's tale1899318UNINA