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"It is 1560. Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year, the date for her coronation having been chosen by her astrologer, Dr John Dee, at just 32 already famous throughout Europe as a mathematician and expert in the hidden arts. But neither Elizabeth nor Dee feel entirely secure. Both have known imprisonment for political reasons. The Queen is unpopular with both Roman Catholics and the new breed of puritanical protestant. Dee is regarded with suspicion in an era where the dividing line between science and sorcery is, at best, indistinct. And the assignment he's been given by the Queen's chief minister, Sir William Cecil, will blur it further: ride to the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, bring back King Arthur's bones. The mission takes the mild, bookish Dee to the tangled roots of English magic and the Arthurian legacy so important to the Tudors. Into unexpected violence, spiritual darkness, the breathless stirring of first love ... and the cold heart of a complex plot against Elizabeth. With him is his friend and former student, Robert Dudley, a risk-taker, a wild card ... and possibly the Queen's secret lover. Dee is Elizabethan England's forgotten hero. A man for whom this world - even the rapidly-expanding world of the Renaissance - was never enough."--Publisher description.
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Fiction, Astrologers, History, Science and magic, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Great britain, fiction, Elizabeth i, queen of england, 1533-1603, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, historicalPeople
William Cecil Burghley Baron (1520-1598), Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603), John Dee (1527-1608), Robert Dudley Leicester Earl of (1532?-1588)Places
Great Britain, England, Glastonbury (England), GlastonburyTimes
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Die Gebeine von Avalon: Aus den höchst vertraulichen Papieren des Dr. John Dee, Astrologe und Berater Ihrer Majestät, der Königin
Feb 01, 2013, Rowohlt Taschenbuch
paperback
3499255812 9783499255816
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The bones of Avalon: being edited from the most private documents of Dr John Dee, astrologer and consultant to Queen Elizabeth
2010, Windsor
in English
- Large print edition.
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Les reliques d'Avalon: d'après les documents très personnels du Dr John Dee, astrologue et consultant de la reine Elisabeth
2010, City
in French
2352883962 9782352883968
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Originally published: London : Corvus.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Dr John Dee, astrologer and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, discovers a body on his doorstep and so begins an investigation that will change his life.
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