YEARS OF THE WIZARD (PB)

A lyrical and highly inventive exploration of the lives of Renaissance magicians. Men such as Dee, Kepler and Bruno were scientists, astrologers and alchemists. Their studies and ideas still permeate books and films today. But what of the rest of the household: the lovers, wives, mothers and daughters who supported the travelling households, packing up the libraries, growing herbs and noting the spells? With fictional passages, Rachel Morris animates the undocumented lives of women and children in this time.